AAPath 2026: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Innovations in Education

OVERVIEW

On behalf of the Undergraduate Medical Educators Section (UMEDS) and the residency Program Directors Section (PRODS), the Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath) invites AAPath and Section members, their faculty, staff, trainees, and other stakeholders to submit abstracts for poster presentations during the AAPath 2026 Annual Meeting at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts from July 19-22, 2026.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, December 1, 2025.

ABSTRACT CONTENT: Abstracts should describe innovations in the continuum of education, i.e., from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME), or educational leadership, pipeline or pathway activities/initiatives, and faculty/career development in an academic environment. Abstracts must clearly state the objective of the study, program, or intervention, describe the methods and resources utilized, and critically analyze relevant data. Metrics for “effectiveness,” “success,” and “impact” must be explained to help serve as a model for other institutions to adopt and implement. Examples of appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:

analyzing and adapting to USMLE Step 1 using pass/fail scoring
amplifying medical student engagement with the curriculum
incorporating or integrating technology in teaching and learning
utilizing innovative pedagogies and teaching modalities
integrating pathology into the medical school curriculum, with particular emphasis on histology, gross anatomy, and neuroscience/neuroanatomy integration
optimizing competency-based education and assessment
determining progressive responsibility with trainees
implementing faculty/career development as a pathology educator
developing pipeline/pathway activities or initiatives for recruitment into pathology

Demonstrate educational leadership to the academic pathology community by sharing your innovative and impactful work at the AAPath 2026 Annual Meeting!

ABSTRACT FORMAT: There is a 2700 character limit that includes the section headers listed below; each header must be included in your body text. While there is no character limit set in this system, any abstract longer than 2700 characters will be truncated. Please be sure to check your character count in your word processing document prior to pasting into the fields below. Do not include figures, tables, or graphs in the abstract submission.

Objectives: What is the purpose or aim of the study? What is the question being addressed?
Methods: How was the study performed? What resources and procedures were used in the study?
Results: What data were collected? What is the analysis of that data?
Conclusions: What does the analyses of the data mean? What implications does that have? Does the data inform the hypothesis or address the question being addressed?
References: What resources or other literature were used to formulate your hypothesis and study?

Review the AAPath 2025 Abstracts for reference on formatting and content.

NOTIFICATIONS will be sent by email no later than Friday, February 27th.

All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters* during the AAPath 2026 Annual Meeting and published in AAPath’s journal, Academic Pathology (with permission of the corresponding authors). Abstracts published previously elsewhere may be submitted with appropriate annotation of prior publication. There is no abstract submission fee. However, poster presenters are required to fund their own travel to the meeting and meeting registration. *More information on developing a poster will be communicated in the Spring of 2026 upon notification.

DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, December 1, 2025.

QUESTIONS? Contact the AAPath Office: meetings@academicpathology.org