Texas EMS Conference 2012
November 11-14
Preconference, November 10-11
Austin, Texas
Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2012
Texas EMS Conference is looking for a broad range of presentations and workshops for this year's conference. We're particularly interested in workshops with a clinical content or those that offer a fresh take on a subject. We try to have each category of continuing education well-represented (See breakout list).
Anyone interested in presenting at Texas EMS Conference 2012 must complete one of the online forms below for consideration. Submissions must be received by March 16, 2012.
Submit a Call for Lectures Form.
Submit a Call for Workshops Form.
Submit a Call for Preconference Classes Form.
A volunteer committee will choose presentations based on content and CE category. For more information, email us.
Instructions
- All submissions must be completed online using one of the listed forms. Only presentations submitted on these forms will be considered. A separate form MUST be submitted for each presentation.
Example of biography for program
Example of class description
- All submissions must be received by DSHS by March 16, 2012. Speakers whose presentations are accepted will be notified via email of acceptance as soon as the decisions are made. Traditionally, the notices announcing our decisions for selection are sent out by email around mid-June. Assignment of dates/times usually occurs in September.
- Handouts are due electronically to conference staff by October 12, 2012. Handouts will be posted on the conference website for attendees several weeks before the conference. Handout Guidelines.
Conference Lectures
These are 50-minute lectures that cover a wide variety of subjects.
Conference Hands-on Workshops
These will be approximately two hours in length (1 hour, 50 minutes), held in smaller rooms, and will cover a single subject in depth with plenty of opportunity for students to practice skills. Workshops must include some hands-on skills practice. These sessions will have a limited number of students, usually 25 unless otherwise specified on the form. These classes are part of the conference registration price, but students will sign up in advance at registration so that we can monitor class size. Instructors will bring the equipment they need to teach the class and will be given a room to use all day to teach three sessions of the workshop. Workshop examples include airway management using manikins and practice on pig tracheas.
Preconference Classes
Preconference classes happen on Friday through Sunday before the conference and range in length from four to 24 hours of instruction. Preconference classes must not only have relevant topics, but the final costs of these classes, when all the expenses are factored in, must not be so high as to discourage participation.
Honoraria
Unless otherwise specified by written agreement, lead presenters will receive the following compensation/honorarium for their conference presentation(s). Co-presenters can be paid if they take an active and equal role in presenting the information. Assistants, who assist the instructor but do not teach the class, are not usually paid an honorarium but will get complimentary registration to the conference.
- $200 (no expenses) per 50-minute lecture presentation and complimentary registration for the conference.
- $500 (no expenses) for teaching three sessions of the two-hour workshop (same subject repeated) and complimentary registration for the conference. Instructors need to furnish any equipment and supplies other than audio-visual. (Three workshops per day are presented in the same room.)
- $300 for full day, $150 for half day (no expenses) per preconference classes and complimentary registration for the conference. Instructors need to furnish any equipment other than audio-visual.
Submit a Call for Lectures Form.
Submit a Call for Workshops Form.
Submit a Call for Preconference Classes Form.