2025 MMCGME Quality Forum
 
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The 13th annual MMCGME Quality Forum event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28, 2025. There will be a poster competition for residents, fellows, and medical students to share ideas with the local medical education community. The panel of judges will be looking for the best Patient Safety or Quality Initiative poster presentation by local trainees. 

The planning committee is in the process of planning the next event as details are secured we will update the website. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions. 
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EVENT DETAILS

  • Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
  • Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm (food and refreshments will be provided)
  • Location: TBD
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GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Guidelines
  • Evaluation
  • Resources
  • Attendance
  • Submission/Registration
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General Guidelines: 
  • You can present posters previously used at this event or others.
  • The projects can be in any stage of development (completed or still in-progress). See below for category specific guidelines.
  • Presentations will be shared on large TV screens/monitors, a physical poster is not needed. 
  • The format for posters/presentations can be multiple PowerPoints slides, or a single slide or PDF.
  • You do not need to include your poster in your initial submission as this will be asked for closer to the event date. 
  • Prior to the event, we may reach out to request a list of co-authors to ensure we do not have duplicate submissions. 
  • Three cash prizes will be awarded to the submitter for top scoring completed poster projects. 

Completed Project Guidelines:
  • In your initial submission, you will need to include a title and a 1000-word abstract. 
  • An electronic poster/presentation is required for this type of submission.  
  • Representing data with run charts is strongly encouraged when appropriate. 
  • Interventions, when employed, should be adequately and concisely described. 
  • Using graphics instead of words is highly encouraged when able.
  • Keep the word count to a minimum to allow for improved readability. 

In-Progress Project Guidelines:
  • These projects are still in development and can be in any stage of the QI progress.
  • A poster/presentation is not required for this type of submission. 
  • The judges will evaluate these submissions on the event day, and feedback will be provided on developing it further. There is a section in the submission survey where you can indicate specific areas you would like feedback on. A few examples to request input on are:
    • ​Defining the problem
    • Defining the desired outcome
    • Defining test of change
    • Analyzing the effect of change
    • Maintaining change over time

If you have additional questions about the event or the submission guidelines, please email [email protected] or complete the contact form at the bottom of the page. 
All presenters will be divided into groups consisting of 4-6 presentations with 1-2 judges per group. Every presenter will have a turn to share their project with the group. You will have 5 minutes to share and 3 minutes for questions. Once all groups have shared, the judges will review the evaluations and the winning posters will be selected. 

​Evaluation Criteria:
  • Title and Aim Statement: Is the topic and scope clear? Does the aim statement referenced include SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound)?
  • Data Utilized: Does the project use appropriate measure(s) to define the problem and gauge the effectiveness of the intervention? Is data collected both before and after any interventions?
  • Intervention Employed: Does the project include an intervention? Is a rationale given for the choice of intervention? Is it sufficiently described? Are the results of the intervention defined?
  • Visual Clarity and Impact: Does the poster effectively communicate the relevant aspects of the project?
  • Presentation Effectiveness: Does the presenter effectively summarize their project? Do they appropriately answer questions?​​
Getting Started Tools:
  1. Before Your Start
  2. 5 Suggested Resources Compiled by the Biomedical Library
  3. Complete CITI Training
  4. Beware Predatory Journals
  5. Read If You Are Obtaining Informed Consent in a clinical trial
  6. ETHOS Study Determination Protocol - Contact IRB Office with questions 612-626-5654 or [email protected]
  7. Addressing Authorship Issues Prospectively
  8. Use Mendeley - A free citation manager to store PDFs of articled and export properly formatted citations into Word Documents
  9. Creating Effective Posters
  10. Find UMN Medical student collaborators - Post your study
  11. Poster in editable format *Please make a copy before editing
  12. *New Style of poster formatting #BetterPosters
  13. University Digital Conservancy (check publishing agreement first)
  14. Take the Scholarly Impact Challenge
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Quality and Safety Tools:
  1. Read "To Err is Human"
  2. Read "Crossing the Quality Chasm"
  3. Free IHI Tutorials
  4. Read "How to Write up Quality Improvement
  5. See Example Poster
  6. See Example Manuscript
  7. Just Culture Primer
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We strongly encourage you to attend the entire event. At a minimum, we require your attendance for the competition portion of the event. There will be free food, and a keynote speaker will present after the competition. ​​
Poster Submissions: Submission link coming later this year! 

Registration Link: Coming later this year! 

JUDGING PANEL

Interested in being a judge? Please email [email protected] or complete the contact form at the bottom of the page.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

If you have a keynote speaker nomination,  ​please email [email protected] or complete the contact form at the bottom of the page.

    Please complete the contract form below if you have any questions or are interested in being a judge