advancing practice, instruction and innovation through informatics

2008 CAP Foundation Conference Travel Award for APIII

The 2008 CAP Foundation Conference Travel Awards will provide stipends for pathology residents and fellows (clinical as well as research / post-doctoral) medical and graduate students to attend the 13th Annual Conference on Advancing Practice, Instruction and Innovation through Informatics at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 19 – 23 2008. The application deadline for the 2008 conference is June 1, 2008.

APIII is an annual conference designed for physicians, researchers, residents and graduate students interested in how informatics and imaging is transforming pathology and oncology. Industry-related developers, engineers, and marketing representatives also comprise a significant portion of the attendees. Prior knowledge of informatics is not required and courses are offered for individuals new to this field. In addiction to the traditional focus on pathology informatics and imaging, a theme of this year's conference will be the similarity and possible integration of pathology and radiology informatics. See http://apiii.upmc.edu for the complete conference program.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Information Services Division

Association for Pathology Informatics (API)

Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)

Visit the APIII Web site for details on the conference: http://apiii.upmc.edu/

About the Award

CAP Foundation / APIII Conference awards up to $1,500 to pathology residents, fellows (clinical as well as research / post-doctoral), medical students and graduate students to attend the conference. This funding is intended to defray costs of registration, travel, and housing expenses. It is expected that the recipient's own institution will support the resident's attendance by authorizing permission to attend.

Eligibility

Residents / Fellows in Pathology
Applicants must be residents or fellows in a pathology training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Residents or fellows in pathology must be CAP Junior Members or have submitted completed membership applications at the time of award submission. All applicants will be considered regardless of age, race, gender, national origin, or religion.

Fellows in Surgical or Medical Oncology

Fellows in surgical or medical oncology must be in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Applicants may also be students who have a demonstrated history in the healthcare field or information sciences at the graduate or undergraduate levels.

Application Guidelines for all applicants

Applicants are required to submit a completed application form. Please use the CAP Foundation Conference Travel Award Application Form. Failure to do so will result in rejection of the application.

Applicants must also submit the following documentation:

• Curriculum Vitae


• Career goals and interest in informatics / information management
• Understanding of the importance of informatics management as it relates to pathology, oncology, or bio informatics
• Why the CAP Foundation support is necessary to attend this conference.


• A supporting letter must accompany all applications from the residency-training director, department chair or the dean. The letter must list your qualifications, how the knowledge will be utilized and why it is important you attend the conference.


• All applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract presenting their research findings in the various areas of informatics such as development, deployment and evaluation of software and hardware tools to support and integrate pathology with clinical medicine. They may submit an abstract highlighting the use of the aforementioned tools in clinical medicine and oncology with special reference to translating clinical data sets with sophisticated molecular technology and studies on genomics and proteomics. Deadline for abstract submission is June 30, 2008 NOTE: Electronic submission of the abstract is required, and all abstracts must adhere to the submission compliance and formatting guidelines. For details please visit http://apiii.upmc.edu/abstracts/index.html.


• Special note for oncology or bioinformatics applicants. Please list your dean’s name under the section where it asks for your Program Director on the CAP Foundation Informatics Award application.

Submit Applications to:

CAP Foundation
Informatics Award
College of American Pathologists
325 Waukegan Road
Northfield, Illinois 60093-2750

Selection Process

Informatics Award recipients are approved by the CAP Foundation Board of Directors based upon the recommendation of a selection committee. Factors to be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Applicant's level of experience, knowledge and understanding of the importance of information management to pathology, oncology and bioinformatics
• Recommendation of Program Director, Department Chair or Dean
• Value to the applicant
• Abstract Selection for Presentation
• Preference will be given to applicants who have not received any or only one prior informatics conference awards.

Follow-up

At the conclusion of the conference, the award recipient will be asked to complete a full evaluation for the APIII conference and a short evaluation for CAP Foundation about the experience. Recipients will be asked to share their experiences in writing with others.

For more information about the Informatics Award, please call the CAP Foundation at 800-323-4040 ext 7740 (in Illinois, 847-832-7740), or send an email to CAPfdn@cap.org