Important Dates and Deadlines

  • February 18, 2025 – Abstract Submission Site Opens
  • March 31, 2025, 11:59 pm PT – Abstract Submission Site Closes
  • April 14, 2025 – Notification of Acceptance

 

Abstract Submission Criteria

Advances in Clinical Care and Education (ACCE) Day highlights innovations in clinical scholarship, patient care and education, showcasing advancements in clinical technologies, community engagement, and unique teaching methods.  Abstracts for ACCE Day typically involve projects that are likely intended for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

To ensure your project meets the criteria, please consult with your mentor/research advisor.

If you have more specific questions, please contact the ACCE Day Co-Chairs: Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia (battagli@upenn.edu) and Frank Setzer (fsetzer@upenn.edu).

 

Submit your Abstract

 

General Rules and Guidelines

  1. The online submission site must be used for abstract submission.
  2. Individuals may co-author different abstracts but can only present one abstract.
  3. Abstracts cannot be submitted if the research represented by the abstract will be published (online or in print) and/or presented at any other national or international meeting (excluding state, regional or institutional meetings) prior to May 15, 2025.
  4. If selected for presentation, presenters must disclose any conflict of interest.
  5. If selected for presentation, presenters must ensure that the images contained in your presentation follow HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practice and Penn Dental Medicine’s Patient Imaging Management Policy.

Please select your submission category below for additional information on eligibility and abstract submission requirements.

Eligibility

All Penn Dental Medicine students are invited to submit an abstract for oral presentation. Attendance and oral presentation are mandatory for all honors students. Several students in the honors programs work in groups. If this is the case, please list all authors on the abstract, but submit ONLY one abstract for the group.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Title: Abstract titles are limited to 20 words. First letter of each word should be capitalized unless there is a preposition. Italicize as appropriate.

Authors: Authors names should be all capitalized and entered as follows: last name, first and middle initials. Affiliations must be listed.

Text: Abstracts are limited to 400 words. Do not include title, authors, or references in the text. Graphics and tables are not allowed. Sponsor, funding agency and grant number should be included under “SUPPORT” in the online submission site.

For Clinical Honors, Endodontics Honors, PROM Honors, Nutritional Sciences Honors, Oral Surgery Honors, Orthodontics Honors, Pediatric Honors, Periodontics Honors, Vulnerable Population Honors and Other Research/Scholarship Students

Text can be divided into the following titles, however use your discretion:

  1. Background/Introduction – Emphasize rationale for study
  2. Methods, including statistics if applicable – Briefly describe methodology and experimental design
  3. Results – Briefly describe data
  4. Conclusions – Discuss data and conclusions
  5. Clinical Significance – Discuss potential usefulness/relevance of data

For Bridging the Gaps, Community Honors Students

Text can be divided into the following titles:

  1. Overview & Goals of Project
  2. Description of Site, if applicable
  3. Description of Activities
  4. Outcomes of Project