Glossary of ACRM Terms
ACRM COMMUNITY MEETINGS
These are the heart of ACRM and refer to meetings held by ACRM Interdisciplinary Special Interest Groups, Networking Groups, forming Groups, Task Forces, and ACRM committees. Dozens of meetings are held during the CORE conference — bright and early morning before the Plenaries, during lunch breaks, and in the evenings. Most meetings are OPEN to all registered attendees (unless otherwise noted in the schedule). All registrants are encouraged to attend. There are many volunteer positions available. This is where the work happens — to collaboratively advance the science of rehabilitation and its translation into clinical practice to IMPROVE LIVES. Don’t miss these opportunities to meet up with colleagues who share interests, challenges, and goals, to make friends, and to make a meaningful mark in the future of rehabilitation. View Community Meetings here.
ACRM REHAB EXPO
The HUB of the ACRM Annual Fall Conference
FOR EXHIBITORS — Buzzing with enthusiastic attendees, booths at ACRM are filled with the latest products, services, treatments and experts. Enjoy prime visibility and exposure to key decision makers. If your company is related to, relies on, creates or supports physical medicine and rehabilitation, you should be here.
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FOR ATTENDEES — Discover the latest rehabilitation technology and services. Network with industry leaders, learn from experts, and explore innovative solutions — all included as part of your registration. And October 28 and 29, the EXPO is open to the public & FREE for everyone. Join this unique and valuable experience.
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CHAT WITH THE EXPERTS
“Chat with the Experts” is an exciting series designed to connect you with leading experts for specific topics. Bring your burning questions or explore new topics of interest. This all happens in the ACRM EXPO in between educational sessions.
CORE CONFERENCE
The ACRM CORE Conference refers to three- and one-half days full of evidence-based educational sessions (Symposia), Plenaries, Featured Sessions, Oral Presentations, hundreds of Scientific Posters, a lively ACRM EXPO, dozens of ACRM community meetings, and nightly receptions.
EXPO HALL LEARNING CENTER
Held during lightly opposed times, the Vendor Track provides the chance to learn about new products and product research from featured exhibitors. See product demonstrations and get answers you need to make informed purchasing decisions. Each Vendor Track will be 60 minutes with approximately 45 minutes of content, followed by a Q&A Chat.
FEATURED SESSIONS
Not quite plenaries, but no less exciting, the ACRM Program Committee creates opposed Featured Sessions on broadly relevant topics to the whole rehabilitation medicine team.
FIRESIDE CHATS
Fireside Chats are opportunities for Rehab EXPO attendees to gain knowledge and visibility into state-of-the art topics. These are intended to be opportunities for attendees to network and experts to disseminate knowledge and education related to the factors currently impacting rehabilitation medicine.
INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES
Held before the Core ACRM Conference, Instructional Courses are either half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours). Courses offer in-depth training or knowledge translation. CMEs are included. Instructional Courses do not include our separately ticketed career development course, such as ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation Training and Pediatric Cognitive Rehabilitation Training, the ACRM Early Career Development Course, the ACRM Leadership Development Course, as well as the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) National Certification Program.
LAUNCHPAD
LaunchPad is a rehabilitation technology innovation competition developed by the ACRM Technology Networking Group. Learn more
ORAL PRESENTATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS *
Oral presentations of scientific paper sessions are comprised of 3 (or 4) in one session and are grouped by topic area. Full abstracts of all scientific papers and posters are published in the online pages of the October issue of the ACRM scientific journal, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and are fully searchable and citable at archives-pmr.org.
* Selected by the ACRM Program Committee from the Call for Proposals. For selection criteria www.ACRM.org/submit.
PLENARIES
Plenary sessions are the only unopposed educational sessions scheduled on each day of the CORE conference with hot topics of interest for all attendees. Faculty and topics for Plenaries are selected and invited by the ACRM Program Committee.
PRE-CONFERENCE
The ACRM PRE-CONFERENCE program is comprised of longer instructional courses, workshops, and training to dive deep into special interest topics with continuing education credits. Pre-Conference registration is á la carte (or included with the WORLD PASS) and includes CME/CEUs.
POSTER SESSIONS*
Hundreds of scientific posters will be on display. Full abstracts of all scientific papers and posters (including late-breaking) are published in the ACRM scientific journal, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and are fully searchable and citable at archives-pmr.org.
* Selected by the ACRM Program Committee from the Call for Proposals. For selection criteria www.ACRM.org/submit.
POSTER SPOTLIGHT
The Poster Spotlight is a poster presentation competition that highlights the top 30 poster abstracts submitted and scored by the designated submission date. One presenting author for each poster delivers a 1-minute spotlight presentation at a live forum during the conference and a traditional 10-minute presentation during scheduled poster viewing. These presentations are judged by experienced members of ACRM. Based on these presentations at the ACRM conference, the top 3 ACRM Poster Spotlight presenters are identified and presented with the Poster Spotlight 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards during the conference proceedings. These are ACRM’s most prestigious poster awards.
Re-energize
Re-energize with the Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Networking Group. These sessions are designed to provide attendees with an opportunity to participate in guided mindfulness practices such as meditation, yoga, stretching, etc. and re-center themselves during the busy conference schedule.
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA*
Identified by the ACRM Community Groups and approved by the Program Committee, SPECIAL SYMPOSIA refer to at least one symposium in each block of concurrent sessions that has an extra-wide appeal in a certain topic or topics.
SYMPOSIA*
Symposia are 60-minute educational sessions, presented by professionals with expertise in the specific topic areas. Symposia sessions are held during the CORE conference within ten different blocks of concurrent sessions.
* Selected by the ACRM Program Committee from the Call for Proposals. For selection criteria www.ACRM.org/submit.
WORLD PASS
The best value registration option, 6-DAY WORLD PASS includes the most versatile access to the whole conference. To see more, please go to https://acrm.org/worldpass