Annual Live Medical Conference for Multi Specialty Healthcare

Southeastern Region Urgent Care (SERUCA)

The Southern Medical Association (SMA) is proud to partner with Southeastern Region Urgent Care Association (SERUCA). This is a unique opportunity to contribute your expertise, ideas, and passion to an event that will bring together top Urgent Care professionals across the Southeast and beyond. Together, we'll share knowledge, discuss new advancements, and work toward improving patient outcomes.

2025 SERUCA Call for Abstracts

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2025 Southeastern Region Urgent Care Association - Call for Abstracts

Medical students, residents, and fellows are eligible to submit an abstract for this conference.

Abstract Categories

Abstract submissions must fall into one of the following categories.

Case Report: The patient’s history, examination, treatment, therapeutic options, progress and outcome. Include the literature review of similar cases and how this case is similar or how it is different, rationale for decisions that were made and lessons from the case.
Clinical Research: Patient-oriented research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which the investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: mechanisms of human disease; therapeutic interventions; clinical trials; development of new technologies; analysis of existing datasets; epidemiologic and behavioral studies; outcomes research and health services research.
Work-in Progress (WiP): Summary of speculative breakthroughs, open problems, new application challenges, visionary ideas, on-going research and preliminary studies of recent achievements. The future directions and challenges for the project and how the work contributes to the bigger research. Student/resident applicant(s) must be actively involved in the development of the idea, and/or the planning and execution of the project.

Research Areas

Metabolic Diseases
Environmental Impact on Patient Health
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Chronic Diseases
Pain Management
Palliative Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Mental Health
Inflammatory Disorders and Autoinflammatory Diseases
Infectious Diseases

Author/Presenter - Name*

All correspondence will be sent to the attention of the presenting author at the email address listed.

First Middle Last

Mailing Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Corresponding Author - Current In-Training Status*

Describe Current In-Training Status (What Year)*

Author/Presenter - Degree(s)*

Enter your degree(s) as you would like the appear when published. If no degree, enter n/a.

Introduction and Bio*

Enter introductory info (2-3 sentences) about yourself. This is a brief bio about your professional accomplishments and future goals in medicine.

CV/Resume*

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, docx, doc, Max. file size: 29 MB, Max. files: 2.

Corresponding Author - Current Training Level*

Enter your current training level or status (i.e., Internal Medicine Resident PGY2; Chief Resident, Psychiatry; Medical Student, 3rd Year, etc.)

Phone*

Email*

Use an email address you are certain will be available to you at least for the next few months.

Twitter Handle

Instagram Handle

Institution Name, City and State*

Enter the name of your Institution, City and State.

Institution Name

City

State

Zip

Education*

Enter all education information through highest degree held.

College/Univ

City

State

Degree Achieved

Major Field of Study

Year Degree Received

Are you an employee of an ineligible company?*

Do you have financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies occurring within the past 24 months? Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. If you have received a financial benefit, you must disclose the relationship. Ineligible companies are defined as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. ACCME Ineligible Company Definitions: https://www.accme.org/faq/what-accmes-definition-ineligible-company

Yes

Corresponding Author - Disclosure of Financial Relationships*

Enter the Name of Ineligible Company
An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Enter the Nature of Financial Relationship
Examples of financial relationships include employee, researcher, consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and ownership interest. Individual stocks and stock options should be disclosed; diversified mutual funds do not need to be disclosed. Research funding from ineligible companies should be disclosed by the principal or named investigator even if that individual’s institution receives the research grant and manages the funds.

Has the Relationship Ended?
If the financial relationship existed during the last 24 months, but has now ended, please enter YES in this column; and enter NO if the relationship still exists. This will help the education staff determine if any mitigation steps need to be taken.

Enter the Name of Ineligible Company

Enter the Nature of the Financial Relationship

Has the Relationship Ended?

Is the content you are submitting RELATED to the products/services of the commercial interest(s) which you and/or your co-authors disclosed?*

Yes

If Yes, Explain Commercial Interest

Off-label Content*

Will you include information about unlabeled use, or products/treatments that are not yet approved by the FDA?

Yes

If Yes, Explain Off- Label Content

Co-Authors Section

Do You Have Co-Authors to Add?*

Yes

Enter Co-Author Information

Do not duplicate presenting author's name

Name/Degree

Title/Department

Institution/City, State

Email Address

Co-Authors

Provide a listing of all authors (including the presenting author), in the correct order for publication purposes. Include the following: name, degree, title/department, institution, city, state. Separate each by a semicolon (;).

Follow the example below. PROOFREAD CAREFULLY!

Haris Ahmed, DO, Internal Medicine, PGY1, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX; Saad Choudhry, MD, Internal Medicine, PGY2, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX; Jaskern Dhami, DPM, Podiatry, PGY1, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX; Ahmed Qadri, MD, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX; Rachel Hogan, DO, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX; and Jayaram Turuvukere, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare, Kingwood, TX.

Co-Authors - Disclosure of Financial Relationships

First, list name(s) of ALL Co-author(s) - and provide each person's relationship(s) for the last 24 months.

Enter N/A in all fields if that person has nothing to disclose.

OR

Second, Enter the Name of Ineligible Company
An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Third, Enter the Nature of Financial Relationship
Examples of financial relationships include employee, researcher, consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and ownership interest. Individual stocks and stock options should be disclosed; diversified mutual funds do not need to be disclosed. Research funding from ineligible companies should be disclosed by the principal or named investigator even if that individual’s institution receives the research grant and manages the funds.

Fourth, Has the Relationship Ended?
If the financial relationship existed during the last 24 months, but has now ended, please enter YES in this column; enter NO if the relationships still exists. This will help the education staff determine if any mitigation steps need to be taken.

Co-Author's Name

Name of Ineligible Company

Nature of the Relationship

Has the Relationship Ended?

Presentation Submission Section

Has this presentation been previously presented or published?*

SMA will consider content for presentation that have been previously presented or published as long as a permission letter from the original source (i.e., the organization) is submitted.

Yes

Permission Letter*

Upload a permission letter indicating the original source (i.e., the organization), and where this paper was previously published or presented.

Max. file size: 29 MB.

Abstract Type*

"Poster Presentation - Posters will be printed and presented on boards. Oral Presentation - 3 slides (+2 slides for Title Slide and Reference Slide, equalling 5 total slides) + 2 minutes Q&A (presentation-style) 12 minute. If you are selected for Top 5 poster presentation on Sunday, posters will be presented electronically with 1 slide (poster-style) 5 minutes +1 Minute for Q&A (6 minutes). "

Poster presentation

Oral presentation

I will participate if selected as a Top 5 Poster.*

By Choosing "NO" you opt out of the competition and are not eligible to receive awards.

Yes

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Duration in Minutes

Presentation Type (Attest that you will be able to present in person at the conference in February)*

I will present Live

Which best describes your submission?*

Clinical Science Presentation (A well-defined basic or clinical research project)

Case Presentation (A clinical scenario with discussion of a patient)

Community Project (A personal experience working on a community-based initiative to improve the health of a specific population. Student/resident applicant(s) must have served in a leadership role in the planning and execution of the project)

Health System Science (Health care delivery, improving the quality of healthcare for patients and populations, and/or business of medicine)

Work in Progress (Any type of project or idea that is in process which does not have established results. Student/resident applicant(s) must be actively involved in the development of the idea, and/or the planning and execution of the project)

Presentation Title*

Enter the title of your abstract, using Title Case, not all caps. Example: Reading Tea Leaves: Markers for Infection in Patients with Burn Injuries Using a Sepsis Algorithm

Abstract Summary*

Abstract*

Organize your abstract:

Clinical Submission - Organize abstract into four section headings: Background/Knowledge Gap; Methods/Design; Results/Findings; Conclusions/Implications.

Case Presentation - Organize abstract into four section headings: Introduction; Case Presentation (include history, physical exam, differential diagnosis, tests & results, etc.); Final/Working Diagnosis; Management/ Outcome/and or Follow-up.

Other Choices: Use the space to best describe your presentation, following the above guidelines if applicable.

Do NOT include the abstract title or authors in this area.

Presentation Description*

Please provide a 2- to 3-sentence overview/description of this activity.

Learning Objective(s)*

Provide one to three learning objectives incorporating verbs that communicate how your presentation will impact the audience's knowledge (example: describe, discuss, examine, identify, cite guidelines, etc.), competence (example: demonstrate, measure, compare and contrast, apply new guidelines, etc.) or performance (example: diagnose, treat, implement a new strategy, perform a procedure, etc.). Avoid use of learn, understand, or know, as they are open to many interpretations. Complete this sentence: Upon completion of this lecture, learners should be better prepared to:

Needs Assessment*

Why is this topic important for others to hear about at this topic at this time? Why do people need to know this?

Test Questions and Answers*

Question

Choice 1

Choice 2

Choice 3

Correct Choice

References and Resources*

If applicable, provide appropriate references.

IRB Approval or Exemption*

Did this study require IRB approval or exemption?

Yes

IRB Approval or Exemption*

Please explain.

Attestation, Consent, and Acknowledgement

Attestation*

As a presenter for this certified CME activity, I understand and agree to the following:

Acknowledgement*

I acknowledge and agree to register, pay registration fees, as well as handle travel, lodging, and any other expenses associated with my participation.

I agree

Electronic Signature*

By entering my name in electronically, I understand and agree that the information submitted to SERUCA in this online form is correct and accurate.

Date Signed/Today's Date

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Communications

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Meeting Link*

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Registration Deadline*

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Presentation Date*

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2025 SERUCA Call for Abstracts

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