CLIC 2026 Call for Research Abstracts

The CLIC 2026 Scientific Committee invites abstract submissions for original research, scholarly work, innovations, and lived experiences related to longitudinal integrated clerkships and distributed medical education.

Submissions will be considered for oral presentations, posters, workshops, and Personal Arranged Learning Sessions (PeArLS) at CLIC 2026.

This year’s theme, Convergence: Learning through Connection, reflects the coming together of people, places, and perspectives that shape longitudinal learning and community-engaged medical education. We welcome work that explores how sustained relationships strengthen learning, care, and health systems across diverse contexts.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee based on originality, relevance, and scholarly merit. 

Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts from a variety of innovative areas and aspects of medical education related to longitudinal integrated clerkships. Specifically, abstracts should be submitted in one or more of the following categories: 

Oral Presentations

Oral Presentations will be allocated 15 minutes. This will include 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions.

Poster Presentations

Posters will be separated into themes, with each theme being allocated to a poster session. Authors will be required to stand by their poster during their allocated session time. All authors will provide a 2 minute oral presentation on their poster, followed immediately by a 2-3 minute question & answer period.