Online Abstract Submission

2012

You are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), to be held October 25- 28, 2012 at Le Centre Sheraton in Montreal, Canada.

IMPORTANT: Print this four-page document before continuing. You will need it for reference during the submission process.

The Program Committee will review proposals for:

Please note that under the new system of accreditation designed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the purpose of CME is to improve physician competence, physician performance, or patient outcomes. This is accomplished by identifying gaps in physicians’ competence, skills, or performance, and offering medical education to overcome those gaps.

For the 2012 Annual Meeting the following gaps have been identified:

1. Not practicing forensic psychiatry at the highest level attainable based on current knowledge of the fundamentals of the field
2. Lacking the knowledge of content or technique to teach psychiatrists the fundamentals of forensic psychiatry in the most effective ways
3. Lacking the ability to conduct or assess research in forensic psychiatry

On the abstract form, you will be asked to indicate which gaps your submission addresses.

All information on the abstract submission form must be completed. Submissions missing any information will be sent back to the submitter and will not be submitted to the Program Committee unless returned complete.

Submissions must include objectives for improving knowledge, skills, or performance in at least one of the following areas:

1. service, e.g. treatment of forensic patients, development of service delivery systems and enhancement of consulting skills;
2. teaching, including new methods of training forensic psychiatrists and clarification of the functions of a forensic psychiatrist;
3. research, gaining access to new scientific data as well as improved data in areas that form the basis for practice of the discipline.

Proposers must ensure that materials do not violate confidentiality, privacy, or copyright. All necessary IRB approvals must be obtained.

The purpose of our meeting is continuing medical education as defined by the ACCME. Therefore, all submissions must follow the attached instructions. Proposals will be evaluated for scholarly and relevant content by reviewers from the AAPL Program Committee. Audience participation is highly desirable. Slides and handouts should be simple and readable.

Deadline for abstract submissions is March 1, 2012

For further information, please call the Academy Office at 800-331-1389.

James L. Knoll, IV, MD
Program Chair
2012 Annual Meeting

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