Poster Session

Every year at our Annual Winter Refresher we host a poster session. Our next poster session is February 20, 2027 at Sandia Resort in Albuquerque, NM. Applications are accepted through November 18, 2026. 

What is a poster session? 
A poster presentation is an allotted period at a meeting or educational program when medical students and resident present large posters displaying their work related to a particular research, case study, or quality improvement project. Poster presentations depend upon clear illustrations, concise text, and simple design, since they have to be understood within seconds, and this leads to the initiation of discussion about the topic being presented. Presenters remain stationed next to their respective posters and get into discussions regarding their work and its relevance.

Poster subjects must be relevant to Family Medicine and can include clinical research, curriculum development, quality improvement/patient safety, community outreach/population health, or clinical vignettes. May include completed projects or those still in progress. Please note, you do not need to register for the conference in order to participate in the poster session. 

How to submit:

You can submit by clicking here and filling out the online form. 

Eligibility:

Open to Family Medicine Faculty, Residents, Fellows, and Medical Students interested in Family Medicine in NM.

Submission Deadline:

Monday, November 18, 2026

Notification of acceptance:

First Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by Wednesday, December 18, 2026. Accepted abstracts will be presented in person. One easel will be provided at the meeting as well as poster board measuring 36" x 48”. Poster size should not exceed this. All presenters are invited to attend the entire NMAFP Winter Refresher Meeting (though this is not required). Additional details regarding set up of posters and judging will be provided in acceptance email.

Submission Categories:

Clinical Vignettes:

A clinical vignette is a report of one or more cases that illustrates a new disease entity or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease, highlights an area of clinical controversy in medicine, or illustrates a unique patient safety issue. It may include a summary of pertinent patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, or management description. It should be clear from the discussion portion of the abstract why the vignette is most important to family medicine physicians. 

Research:

Submissions can report clinical research, basic science research, or a systematic review of a clinical problem in family medicine. Research abstracts concerned with the highlighted topic areas above, as well as efficiency, cost, or method of health care delivery methods and medical decision-making are also encouraged. 

Innovations:

Authors who wish to describe an innovative program in family medicine are encouraged to submit to this category. Innovations will primarily be descriptive, but they may also include preliminary data. 

abstract guidelines:

Length: Abstracts must not exceed 3000 characters (including spaces). Each table and graph will count as 200 characters.

Innovations:

1. Project Title
2. Authors (see authorship section below for details on how to organize author names)
3. describe your project
4. Explain which population or subjects you are studying, include whether you will be applying for an IRB approval
5. What is your hypothesis or expected outcomes
6. How is this relevant to Family Medicine?

Research:

1. Project Title
2. Authors (see authorship section below for details on how to organize author names)
3. Purpose/Background: Describe the issue addressed and any relevant background information
4. Methods: Describe the project, participants, setting, interventions, measures, outcomes, and analyses
5. Results: Principal findings
6. Conclusions/Discussion

For clinical vignettes:

1. Project Title
2. Authors (see authorship section below for details on how to organize author names)
3. Case Presentation: Please briefly describe your clinical case
4. Discussion: Why is this case important, what did you learn? Why is it relevant to Family Medicine?
5. Conclusion: What are your take home points and how can this case be used to change future clinical practice?

Questions?

Email Dr. Melissa Martinez at MLMartinez@salud.unm.edu or Dr. Sherry Weitzen at SWeitzen@salud.unm.edu