Learn Serve Lead 2027: The AAMC Annual Meeting Call for Medical Education Proposals

The AAMC is accepting submissions for Learn Serve Lead 2027: The AAMC Annual Meeting. Learn Serve Lead is open to all those engaged in advancing academic medicine and brings together our medical school and teaching hospital community from across campuses, across disciplines, and across missions.

The call for medical education submissions consists of three types

1. Sessions on Medical Education

2. Medical Education Innovation Abstracts

3. Medical Education Research Abstracts

Medical Education Abstracts are reports on important research and innovation of broad interest to the medical education community. ​Abstracts will be presented in one of two formats: oral or poster. The presentation format will be determined by the program planning committee based on thematic content of the abstracts.

The call for medical education submissions consists of the following topics:

• Constructing Optimal Learning Environments
• Student Affairs and Services
• Teaching and Learning Pedagogies and Curricula
• Simulation and Technology
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Career Trajectory
• Professional and Leadership Development
• Transition to Residency

Click here to view the full details of the call language.

Abstracts must be submitted online no later than 11:59pm (PST) on December 7, 2026.

Decisions will be sent to the submitting author in March 2027.

To guide the preparation of submissions, we present the acceptance rates for both oral and poster presentations from the 2026 call for submissions. Note, these rates will change this year based on the number of submissions received and the presentation spots available:

• Medical Education Innovation Abstracts: 40%
• Medical Education Research Abstracts: 37%
• Sessions in Medical Education: 9%

The Learn Serve Lead Medical Education Planning Committee will consider topics, quality, institutional representation, and authors when accepting submissions for presentation. The committee’s goal is to facilitate a robust program representing the broad range of topics, institutions, and scholars submitting proposals.

To support a program with broad representation across authors and institutions, individuals may submit no more than two (2) total submissions as the first author. There is no limit to how many abstracts one can be a co-author on.

We recommend that you prepare your proposal in a word processing application and then paste each component into the corresponding online section. An abstract submission is considered a commitment to attend the meeting and present if accepted, and an acknowledgement of the costs associated with travel and meeting registration.

As you consider whether to submit your work as an innovation abstract, research abstract, or session proposal, consider the following questions. Click here to view the algorithm.

Use the following checklist when completing your submission to ensure you include all required information in the correct format. Click here to view.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use:

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other AI-assisted tools when such tools contribute substantively to the submission. This includes, but is not limited to, generating or revising the title, abstract, narrative content, methods, data analysis, interpretation of the results, figures, tables, or conclusion.

Authors are not required to disclose the use of AI-enabled tools when used solely for minor language editing, such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, or formatting assistance, provided the tools do not alter the substance, interpretation, analysis, or conclusions. When disclosure is required, authors should briefly describe how the tool was used and identify the tool, including the product name and developer or company when known. Disclosing AI use will not, by itself, affect acceptance decisions. The purpose of disclosing is to promote transparency and to help the organization understand how AI-assisted tools are being used.

AI tools may not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, quality, and content of the submission, including any portions developed with assistance from AI tools.

Submitted session titles, descriptions, and related materials may be edited by AAMC staff to ensure alignment with the AAMC’s editorial standards, voice, and style. While the integrity of the session content will be preserved, editorial adjustments may be made to ensure broad accessibility and participation goals across varied regional and institutional contexts and to reflect the evolving context in which our constituents and learners work.

Decisions will be sent to the submitting author in March 2027.

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