CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Deadline: August 20, 2026 | 11:59 PM ET

Reimagining Connections in a Digital Landscape: Advancing Interprofessional Practice and Advocacy

The National Academies of Practice (NAP) invites you to submit abstracts for educational sessions at the 2027 NAP Annual Meeting and Forum, which seeks to promote collaboration across and among individuals engaged in interprofessional practice within clinical, educational, scholarship, research, and/or policy settings. More information about NAP and the Forum, including Forum outcomes, can be found on the NAP website as it becomes available. NAP membership is not a requirement for abstract submission.

The Forum is designed to empower individuals and collaborative teams, with emphasis on the following four themes: Preparing Collaborative Professionals to Lead in a Changing Health Landscape; Shaping Policy Through Interprofessional Voice and Evidence; Artificial Intelligence, Digital Innovation, and the Future of Interprofessional Practice; and Advancing Collaborative Care Through Practice Innovation and Implementation.  

 

Themes

Preparing Collaborative Professionals to Lead in a Changing Health Landscape: 

Hypothetical titles/descriptions include but are not limited to:

• Preparing Practice-Ready Teams: Embedding Interprofessional Competencies Across the Curriculum
  • Focuses on educational models that integrate collaboration, leadership, and adaptability across health professions training. 
• Leading Together: Developing Interprofessional Leadership in Emerging Health Professionals
  • Highlights strategies for cultivating shared leadership, communication, and team-based decision making skills. 
• From Training to Transformation: Building Workforce Readiness for Evolving Care Environments
  • Emphasizes aligning education with real-world complexity, uncertainty, and team-based care delivery.
• Mentorship in Motion: Supporting Interprofessional Growth Across Career Stages
  • Explores mentorship models that foster lifelong learning and collaboration within and across professions. 
• From Silos to Synergy: Preparing Collaborative Professionals for Tomorrow's Health Challenges
  • Focuses on equipping learners and practitioners to move beyond discipline-specific silos toward integrated, team-based care. 

Shaping Policy Through Interprofessional Voice and Evidence:

Hypothetical titles/descriptions include but are not limited to:

• One Voice, Many Professions: Advancing Policy Through Interprofessional Advocacy
  • Demonstrates how coordinated advocacy strengthens policy impact and patient-centered outcomes. 
• From Evidence to Action: Translating Interprofessional Research into Policy Change
  • Focuses on using collaborative research and outcomes data to inform healthcare policy decisions.
• Building Bridges to Policymakers: Interprofessional Strategies for Legislative Engagement 
  • Highlights practical approaches for engaging stakeholders and influencing policy across disciplines.
• Health Equity in Action: Interprofessional Approaches to Policy and Systems Change
  • Explores how collaborative efforts address disparities and advance equitable, accessible care. 
• Data, Evidence, and Action: Strengthening Policy Impact Through Collaborative Research
  • Emphasizes leveraging interprofessional data and outcomes to drive meaningful policy and systems change. 

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Innovation, and the Future of Interprofessional Practice:

Hypothetical titles/descriptions include but are not limited to:

• AI-Enhanced Teams: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Interprofessional Practice
  • Examines how AI supports decision-making, workflow efficiency, and team-based care.
• AI as a Team Member: Opportunities and Challenges for Interprofessional Practice
  • Explores the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations of AI as part of collaborative care teams.
• Balancing Technology and Touch: Preserving Human Connection in AI-Enabled Care 
  • Addresses strategies to maintain patient-centered care in increasingly technology-driven environments.
• Preparing the Workforce for AI Integration: Interprofessional Education and Training Models 
  • Highlights curricula and training approaches that prepare professionals to effectively use emerging technologies.

Advancing Collaborative Care Through Practice Innovation and Implementation: 

Hypothetical titles/descriptions include but are not limited to:

• Connecting Care Teams: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Communication and Coordination
  • Demonstrates how digital tools improve communication, reduce fragmentation, and support shared decision-making. 
• Telehealth and Beyond: Expanding Access Through Interprofessional Collaboration
  • Explores how virtual care models promote accessibility, inclusivity, and team-based care delivery. 
• From Data to Action: Using Health Information to Strengthen Team-Based Care
  • Focuses on integrating EHRs and patient-generated data into collaborative workflows to improve outcomes.
• Virtual Teams, Real Impact: Lessons from Technology-Enabled Interprofessional Practice
  • Provides real-world examples of successful implementation of collaborative care through technology.
• Connected Care in Action: Leveraging Digital Innovation to Improve Team-Based Outcomes
  • Showcases practical applications of digital tools that enhance coordination and measurable care outcomes. 

 

The presentation titles above are provided for illustrative purposes only. They are intended as examples to inspire or guide topic development. Any resemblance to actual presentation titles/descriptions, past or present, is purely coincidental and unintentional.

 

 Selection Criteria

• Interprofessional collaboration reflected in authorship (at least 2 disciplines and/or professions).
  • All disciplines and/or professions must be clearly identified.
• Relevance/significance of the topic to one or more of the Forum themes (see above).
• Clarity of purpose and specific, measurable, learning objectives required for each type of educational session.
• Appropriate presentation and engagement methods for the type of session selected by presenters.
• Fair, inclusive, and comprehensive representation of findings, including lessons learned, potential contributions and/or recommendations for education, scholarship, research, practice, and/or public policy.
• Contemporary contribution to a new or existing body of knowledge.
• Evidence of a collaborative and novel approach. Examples include (but are not limited to):
  • Ongoing or completed research among an interdisciplinary team of investigators.
  • Educational models, courses, and/or offerings that focus on multiple disciplines in a collaborative environment.
  • Development or implementation of practice models that involve cooperation among healthcare disciplines.
  • Healthcare policy that addresses issues surrounding collaborative practice, education, or research.

 

Authors of selected presentations are encouraged to submit a longer paper for publication in NAP’s online Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice.

Educational Session Types

• Lightning Talks will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for participant Q&A or other engagement.
• Roundtable presentations will be 60 minutes. A roundtable submission addresses an area or issue of fundamental importance to various fields, in a format that encourages active discussion of different perspectives.
• Workshops can be 60 or 90 minutes. These are interactive sessions whereby presenters will introduce a topic and create active learning opportunities for attendees; topics are often primarily pedagogical and intended to offer training.
• Posters will have two session opportunities. A poster is a presentation of information or research, increasing the possibilities for presenters to communicate ideas or research findings in exciting and dynamic forms.

 

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts must be free of commercial bias or promotion, and each applicable section (background/rationale, methods/methodology, results/findings/lessons learned, conclusions/implications, facilitation methods) should be no more than 300 words each unless otherwise indicated. Please enter this information exactly as you would like it to appear in the program materials.

 

Abstract submissions should include the following elements:

• Clear and concise presentation title (10-word maximum)
• Identify the theme of your proposed session
• Identify the educational session type
• Identify the primary focus of your proposed session: education, practice, policy, or research
• Session description (150-word limit)
• Measurable learning objectives
• Background/rationale
• Methods/methodology (as appropriate for the selected session type)
• Results/findings/lessons learned
• Conclusions/implications
• Facilitation methods (only applicable for roundtables and workshops)
• Three (3) contemporary peer-reviewed references from the past 10 years which support your content (not applicable for posters)
• Brief statement of session relevance for participants

The following information should be submitted for each presenting and contributing author. Please note that any author that has influence over the content must be included for continuing education purposes.

• Full name
• Organization/institution
• Educational/occupational credentials
• Profession/discipline/academy
• Position title
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Identify the presenting/contributing authors
• Identify the primary author to serve as the contact person who will share information with their co-author(s)
• Narrative biography (150-word limit; PDF format)
• Resume/CV (PDF format)
• Financial and non-financial disclosures

Please Note:

• August 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET is a firm deadline and will not be extended.
• NAP membership is not a requirement for abstract submission.
• NAP strives to conduct a fair review process by utilizing a double-blind approach to limit biases.
• All presenting authors must be committed and responsive to working with NAP by adhering to any shared deadlines.
• All presenting authors will be required to register for and attend the Forum. They are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and registration expenses.
• Notifications will be sent to the primary author for each abstract submission in September 2026.

 

If you have questions about the submission process, please contact NAP Project Coordinator, Rachael Lawson, at rlawson@amrms.com.