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Education

DEFINITIONS OF ANNUAL MEETING SESSIONS

1. Sessions with a 2-hour format:

Current Issue - Issues for discussion that are in the forefront of the ACSM membership. Current issues include 3 - 4 speakers with time allotted for an introduction and overview and overall discussion.

Special Event - Sessions of special interest to ACSM members that reach a broader audience. Special events include 3 - 4 speakers with time allotted for an introduction and overview and overall discussion.

Symposium - Indepth, scientific and state-of-the-art lectures in important areas of research. Symposia include 3 - 4 speakers with time allotted for an introduction and overview and overall discussion.

 

2. Sessions with a 50 minute format:

Clinical Colloquium - Focuses on an emerging or controversial area of clinical practice. This session includes a moderator and two speakers.

Clinical Lecture - Focuses on a specific clinical area.

Colloquium - An interactive discussion on a topic or issue in sports medicine and exercise science. Colloquiums are informal presentations that give the attendees a chance to "meet the expert".

Conversational Forum - Issues for discussion by considering differing views, involving expert discussants and a host.

Tutorial Lecture - A critical review and analysis of the current state of knowledge in a field. The lecture should familiarize attendees with the basics of a subject and progress to current issues, question, problems, and the frontier of knowledge.

 

3. Unopposed Sessions (1 hour):


J.B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture - The keynote address at the annual meeting in memory of one of ACSM's founders, and first president, Joseph B. Wolffe, M.D.

D. Bruce Dill Historical Lecture - Concept of this type of lecture deals with the history of sports medicine and exercise science. In memory of one of ACSM's past-president's and prominent figure in the development of sports medicine and exercise science in America, D. Bruce Dill, Ph.D.

 

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