2026 Call For Posters and Presentations

Call for Proposals

Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium
Annual Meeting
Friday, July 24, 2026
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Central
Lipscomb University, Nashville

New Frontiers of Interprofessional Education

The Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium’s mission is to facilitate interprofessional, team-based approach to health among the state’s health and health profession educators, students, professionals/practitioners, and agencies.

The call for conference proposals for TIPEC 2026 is now open. The submission deadline is March 15, 2026 at 11:59 pm Central. Proposals should align with this year’s conference theme: New Frontiers of Interprofessional Education.

Questions about your proposal or the submission process? Feel free to contact us at info@tipc.org.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Posters (Students)
    • Primary authors may be faculty/professionals or students
      • Students are encouraged to attend the conference. However, if students are the primary author(s), they will have the option to present their posters virtually.
      • Posters will be presented approximately 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Central. If students are presenting virtually, they must be available to present in that window on Friday, July 24.
    • We are accepting posters on either:
      • Original Research
      • Educational Implementation
  • Presentations (Faculty/Professionals)
    • We are accepting two categories of proposals:
      • Original Research (20 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes for Q&A)
      • Educational Implementation (40 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for Q&A)
    • While students may be involved in the projects presented, the projects should be faculty or professional-led and presented at the conference by faculty or professionals (although students may participate in the presentation). 
    • All presentations will be in person at the conference in Nashville.

Conference Registration and TIPEC Membership

  • At least one presenter must be a TIPEC member. You can register for membership here: https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=WKN4WPFE8YK339WA
  • Proposal submitters are strongly encouraged to collaborate with other faculty, staff, and/or students within their own department, in other departments, and across institutions. 
  • Presenting authors must register for, attend, and be available to present in person during the July 24, 2026 TIPEC conference in Nashville. 
    • Presenters are guaranteed early bird registration pricing

Note: Submission of an abstract acknowledges your acceptance of publication of the abstract in all printed material of the meeting, including electronic communications.

KEY DATES

  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 15, 2026, 11:59 pm Central
  • Presenters will be notified of acceptance by the week of April 27, 2026
  • All presentation materials (including posters) must be submitted by July 10, 2026.
    • Poster Format: All posters will be presented electronically (even for those presenting in person)

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

  • Proposals should be no more than 500 words
  • Proposals should be structured (e.g., Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions). Structure can be determined by authors, based on the type of proposal. 
  • The proposal form will ask you to clearly identify how your proposal aligns with the conference theme, New Frontiers of Interprofessional Education
  • Inclusion of references is optional and does not count toward the word limit.
  • Submissions should be in a Word document. Images and figures should not be included.

Click here to submit your conference proposal