Crafting Compelling Abstracts: The Keys to Submission Success

Event Schedule by Time Zone: 
Pacific: 10 AM to 11 AM | Mountain: 11 AM to 12 PM | Central: 12 PM to 1 PM | Eastern: 1 PM to 2 PM

Crafting a compelling abstract is a critical skill for health care risk professionals seeking to share their expertise and contribute to the field. In this interactive webinar, Crafting Compelling Abstracts: The Keys to Submission Success, attendees will learn how to strategically showcase their work through clear, engaging abstracts that increase acceptance rates and professional visibility. Participants will explore the essential components of a high-quality abstract, apply proven writing techniques tailored to the ASHRM Conference, and learn to avoid common pitfalls that can hinder submission success. By the end of the session, attendees will be equipped to draft abstracts that stand out in a competitive review process and reflect the depth and relevance of their scholarly contributions.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the key elements of an effective abstract that capture attention and highlight scholarly work.
2. Apply proven writing strategies to create abstracts that clearly convey the key elements needed to write a high-quality abstract for the AHSHRM Conference.
3. Recognize common pitfalls that decrease acceptance rates and strengthen abstracts for competitive submissions.

Speaker:

Ololade "Lo" Mitchell, MS, MSN, MPH, RN, CPHRM, CLNC, is the Director of Risk & Patient Safety at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. A Chicago native, she launched her healthcare career as a night shift nurse at UChicago Medicine, later earning master’s degrees in nursing, public health, and healthcare quality & patient safety. Her work spans roles in patient safety, risk management, and quality leadership at various institutions, including OMS National Insurance Company, RML Specialty Hospital, and UChicago Medicine. Since Fall 2023, Lo has led risk management and patient safety across the Northwestern Medicine system, committed to advancing care quality and safety throughout the Chicagoland area.

Leah Fitzgerald, Esq., RN, CPHRM, is an attorney who started her career as a labor and delivery nurse. After graduating law school, she was the clinical risk manager for one of the largest freestanding pediatric health systems in the country. From there, Leah was a plaintiff’s attorney at a national medical malpractice litigation firm. In 2021, Leah joined the legal team at Gillette Children’s in St. Paul, Minnesota, and manages risk for the organization. Leah is passionate about humanizing the practice of law and strives to practice that way each day.

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