Call for Tutorials
The Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society invites proposals for tutorials to be presented at the 2016 Annual Conference to be held May 17-20 at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Creative proposals in all areas of clinical movement analysis are welcome. We highly encourage tutorial proposals on topics of wearable technologies (measuring movement outside of the laboratory), upper extremity movement analysis, and novel analyses. Furthermore, tutorial topics on the research process are also encouraged, such as grant writing, manuscript writing, establishing successful collaborations, and so forth. All proposals will be reviewed and 2-4 will be selected for the program by the GCMAS Education Committee.
Guidelines for Proposals:
Tutorials will be 2 hours in length, and will be scheduled on Tuesday, May 17th.
Proposals for tutorials should include the following sections: title, instructor(s), purpose, intended audience, prerequisite knowledge, abstract, and learning objectives. The learning objective should be of the form:
At the completion of this presentation, attendees will be able to (recognize, measure, explain,) …
An outline of the course content should also be included; it should be specific, detailing the amount of time to be spent on each topic.
Proposals are limited to two double-spaced pages, Times New Roman 12-pt font.
Submissions and Timeline:
In addition to the proposal, please submit a disclosure statement. The disclosure statement can be found at https://www.eiseverywhere.com/docs/2059/111055. Please submit the proposal and disclosure statement in PDF format to:
Jenna Yentes
GCMAS Education Council Chair
jyentes@unomaha.edu
Deadline for Submission: October 31, 2015, 11:59 pm EST
Notification of Acceptance: November 16, 2015
Compensation:
Instructors of each selected tutorial are awarded one free registration (including banquet ticket) to the 2016 Annual Conference.
Questions/Ideas:
If you have questions or ideas regarding tutorials, please contact Jenna Yentes (jyentes@unomaha.edu).
