2022 Companion Society Guidelines

Companion Societies are specialty pathology societies that are qualified to hold scientific educational sessions and elective business meetings in conjunction with the USCAP Annual meeting. These organizations impact learning and connectivity from a collective, diverse knowledge base, comprising a unique sphere of influence that dramatically enhances the USCAP experience.

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Required Materials

Faculty for the 2022 Companion Society Meetings are expected to prepare and submit the following materials:

  • Financial Disclosure Form
  • Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
  • Microsoft Word document containing references (if references are not included in the presentation)
  • Virtual Slides/Still Images (optional)

Material Preparation

New in 2022: Pre-Meeting Materials (Optional)

    • Pre-meeting materials are optional. These can be submitted in advance of the meeting and must be a PDF.
    • Microsoft Word document containing references (if references are not included in the presentation)

Meeting Materials

    • Final presentations must be submitted to the Speaker Ready Room 6 hours prior to the presentation.
    • Course registrants will receive a secure online PDF of each final presentation submitted through the speaker ready room. Faculty members who do not want to have their presentation (or portions of their presentation) used on the website, must state this desire to USCAP in writing to Krista Cairns.

Use of Materials and Copyright

USCAP will provide course registrants with a secure online PDF of each presentation submitted.

Authors and/or their employing institution should own copyright to all images, materials and graphics used in their presentations. If any content is not owned by the author/institution, written permission from the copyright holder for the duration and terms of its use must be provided to USCAP by the author at the time of content submission. USCAP shares copyright of all materials published on its web pages and presented in its forums with the authors of the material for the duration of its use by USCAP, after which exclusively the author holds copyright. USCAP will not use the material for any purpose other than that for which it was submitted without the author’s consent.

Disclosures

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology protects the integrity of its educational program content by strict enforcement of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. In accordance with requirements of the ACCME, USCAP requires all individuals who are in a position to control the content of a CME activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies that you have had in the past 24 months. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum financial threshold; you should disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education.

Mechanisms are in place for conflict mitigation and disclosure notification prior to delivery of the educational activity to learners. This policy is elaborated on the USCAP website under Safeguarding Content.

Disclosures must be submitted by Friday, December 10, 2021.

Presentation Guidelines

Presentations should be created using Microsoft PowerPoint. Apple Keynote based presentations will not be supported. Slides should be uncomplicated, and the text and graphics should be prepared to present in a large lecture. All presentations should use the USCAP 2022 Annual Meeting Template intro slides, at a minimum.

Tips for Building Your Presentation

  • Format for presentation must be 16:9
  • Sans Serif fonts are recommended for projection
  • Use a font size of at least 28 points
  • Use no more than 2 fonts on a slide
  • If you are inserting images, the recommended format is JPEG or JPG
  • If you are inserting a video, the recommended video format is .WMV

Reimbursement

Moderators and speakers will receive complimentary Companion Meeting Only registration. All speakers and moderators who wish to attend any other portion of the USCAP Annual Meeting are required to pay the General Registration fee.

Deadlines

Friday, December 10, 2021: Complete disclosure form

Failure to meet this deadline will result in the removal of CME from the session.

On-site: Final presentations must be submitted to the Speaker Ready Room 6 hours prior to the presentation.