Eats, Streets, and bEEts:

A New Model Conference aimed at Early Career Investigators and Patient Communication

In the current moment, a mixture of disinformation, gaps in science and healthcare communication, and varying food quality have met massive advances in our understanding of how diet impacts health.  To further develop the communication skills of our trainees, highlight current work from our brilliant group of future pediatricians and pediatric specialists, and empower our community to use this new wealth of information, SUNY Downstate will be hosting a pediatric nutrition conference aimed at physicians-in-training, with the goal of driving interest in research, research communication skills, and medical communication skills.

 

The program will consist of two sections.  We will host a lunch with a plenary speaker, followed by abstract sessions in which residents, fellows, and students will be able to complete brief oral presentations of their work, in addition to a digital poster fair.  The conference session will conclude at 3 PM, at which point the conference will become a block party, seeking to engage the community and provide an audience for the second academic component.  

 

In addition to our original research abstracts and case reports, we will seek communications abstracts.  These will consist of a trainee’s best effort to encapsulate a complicated nutritional idea (low-fodmap, low-glycemic index, whole food diets, emulsifiers, etc) in bite sized packages, aimed to be accessible and easy to use for our community.  Winners will present nutritional information as set breaks between musicians and DJs who will be performing at our event.   

Registration and Abstract Submission:

Abstract guidance: No constraints on communications abstracts, but would highlight that brevity and clarity are the ideal goals. Research abstracts should be no more than 5000 characters not inclusive of figures. no constraints on figures. Should use a standard design (intro, methods, results, conclusions

It is permissible to submit multiple abstracts!