Opens December 5, 2025
Closes January 30, 2026

No preconference submissions will be accepted After JANUARY 30, 2026.

Preconferences will be held on Thursday, September 24, for 3-4 hours each, with one set in the morning and one in the afternoon. Only a few preconferences will be accepted.

Preconferences should combine formal presentations, group discussions and active audience engagement, which may include skill development and hands-on experiences if appropriate to the topics. Authors should be prepared to support the additional costs of presenting a preconference.

The FMEC does not provide travel funds, lodging, honoraria, or funds for materials or equipment for the preconference to presenters.

The FMEC charges a modest registration fee for the preconference, to cover meeting space, AV and other meeting costs.

Submissions for preconferences should include:
• Specific learning objectives,
• Content of the presentation,
• Methods for and extent of involving participants, and
• Breakdown of time utilization for a 3 or 4-hour preconference

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING YOUR SUBMISSION.

• Recommended browser is Google Chrome due to some organizational firewalls blocking communications from outside organizations. Receiving Annual Meeting updates and information may be difficult to receive if using your organization's system.

• Write out your submission and save it before completing this form.

• Be prepared to upload the first author’s CV in PDF format.

• Collect complete contact information for all authors BEFORE starting your submission. You must include names, degrees, institutions, email addresses, and phone numbers for ALL AUTHORS on your submission.

• Each author must provide their preferred email address. Authors receive important information pertaining to scheduling, meeting registration, housing, presentation and handout preparation, and more. Do not use the same email for all authors.

• Each submission is limited to five (5) authors. No exceptions. Our system accepts a maximum of five (5) authors per submission. Include those who intend to do the presentation at the meeting.

• Use this online form. The FMEC will not consider submissions received by email or other formats. You can save and come back to your submission within 24 hours of starting it. If you do not come back to and complete that submission within that 24-hour period, it will be deleted, and you will need to resubmit.

• All presenters attending the Annual Meeting are expected to register and pay a full registration fee (except those on medical student scholarships). By submitting this submission, you agree that at least one author listed will register and pay to attend the Annual Meeting. Full meeting registration is required.

• The FMEC does not offer a one-day registration fee.

• No payment is due with this submission form.

• If your submission requires props or supplies, you are responsible for providing them.

• All preconference submissions from RESIDENTS MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE FACULTY CO-AUTHOR. The faculty co-author is strongly encouraged to attend and co-present when the submission is from a resident. Submissions received without one clear faculty co-author will be returned to the resident author.

• All preconference submissions will be reviewed and rated by family medicine faculty throughout the northeast US. During review, the FMEC reserves the right to accept your proposal under another category, and/or that it be combined with submissions on similar topics. We will communicate those and other required changes before final acceptance.