Case Study Submission Form: Challenges in Critical Care

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28th Annual Challenges in Critical Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Friday, Aug. 15, 2025

The Hotel Hershey, 100 Hotel Road, Hershey, PA 17033


The top three case-study abstracts will be invited to give an oral presentation at the conference. Other accepted case studies will be invited to display a poster at the conference. Selected abstracts are eligible to win a cash award sponsored by Pennsylvania Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (PASCCM).


Case Study Abstract Deadline: June 2, 2025


In each case-study, a patient is presented to the learners, complete with history, symptoms, labs, and films (as appropriate) in order to enable the learner to assess, identify and diagnose, and appropriately manage the patient. Your question slides would likely involve learners being presented with and choosing possible treatment modalities, effective communication tools, and other data, enabling the assessment of the risks/benefits of each choice. 


If your case is selected, you must be willing to give a 15-minute maximum oral presentation of your case study during concurrent session 2B of the conference. (This is required to be considered for a cash award). You will be responsible to develop audience response to your question slides by either a show of hands or using an audience response system that you have independently set-up using your own laptop. These question slides would likely involve learners being presented with and choosing possible treatment modalities, effective communication tools, and other data, enabling the assessment of the risks/benefits of each choice.


Important Information


Abstracts will be reproduced exactly as submitted. It is the author's responsibility to submit abstracts in perfect order with no errors in spelling or grammar. Abstracts will not be retyped or corrected. The author agrees PASCCM may publish (electronically or otherwise) the abstract in the program and in a PASCCM newsletter. The signing author certifies that any work with human or animal subjects related in this abstract complies with the guiding principles for experimental procedures as set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki, in the American Physiological Society's "Guiding Principles in the Care and Use of Animals," and in the NIH "Guide for Grants and Contracts." Appendix 1, Vol. 7, No. 17 (November 1978). This abstract may have been presented at a previous national meeting. Submissions will be judged on the merits of the abstract. 


Health Professionals who submit an abstract should receive a confirmation within 5 days. If you have submitted an abstract but have not yet received a confirmation, please email Dawn Gesford at dgesford@pennstatehealth.psu.edu and copy to Barb Birriel at bab44@psu.edu.


To submit an abstract


Step 1: Prepare the abstract in Microsoft Word listing Title, Authors, Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Abstracts not including all sections will not be considered. Final abstracts must fit on one standard US 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of paper. Use 10 font and allow one-inch margins on all sides. Abstracts will be reproduced exactly as submitted.


Step 2: Submit abstract as a .doc, .txt or .pdf file using the form below. 


Presenting author information


Please enter the information below concerning the presenting author(s) of the abstract. The presenting author must submit all required contact information and complete the section on disclosure of financial relationships. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requires that CME providers identify and resolve any relevant financial relationships related to educational content. Abstract submissions will not be considered if disclosure is not provided.


By submitting an abstract, you are agreeing that if it is accepted, you will attend as described in your accepted abstract. Presenting authors are required to pay the conference registration fee and all associated travel expenses to attend the conference.

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Disclosure of Financial Relationships
Penn State College of Medicine is committed to presenting CME activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and are developed free of the control of ineligible companies (formerly known as a commercial interest). It is our policy to ensure that our activities are balanced, independent, objective, scientific, and in compliance with regulatory requirements. Anyone who is in a position to control the content of a CME presentation (course directors, faculty, planning committees, etc.) is expected to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. The information listed on this form will be used to assess and mitigate any relevant financial relationships you may have, and will be disclosed to the audience of the CME activity. Faculty/planners who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participating in this CME activity.

Please disclose all financial relationships that you have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies (see definition below). For each financial relationship, enter the name of the ineligible company and the nature of the financial relationship(s). There is no minimum financial threshold; we ask that you disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. You should disclose all financial relationships regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education.

The ACCME defines an ineligible company as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re‐selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be an ineligible company.

The ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence require that we disqualify individuals who refuse to provide this information from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education.










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