Abstract submission 2026 MBChB Education Conference

Proposals are invited on topics relating to medical student teaching and learning, including innovations, evaluations, sharing good practice and exploring opportunities for development. Please see the main conference page for this year’s themes.

Presentation formats

Posters (A1 portrait, A1 landscape or A0 portrait only).
Spoken presentations (10 minutes with 5 minutes questions and discussion).
Interactive workshops (1 hour). Note, a timed workshop plan must be included as well as an abstract.

Ethical approval and permissions

This is an internal course conference, designed to share experiences and good practice with others involved in the education of Warwick medical students. Therefore evaluations and quality improvement projects can be shared. Appropriate information should always be provided to participants and consent gained for any data collected. Please do not report quotations if participants did not consent to this. It may be possible to summarise and paraphrase, for example, to communicate your evaluation findings. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Please note that research studies involving human participants need appropriate ethical approval. See, for example, the University of Warwick's 'Do I need ethical approval?' page.
Please state the ethical approval / permissions for the work you are reporting, or that ethical approval was not required, at abstract submission and on your presentation slides / poster.

Please provide the following information using the online form below:

First author information

Name:

Institution:

Please select your medical student status:

Email address:

Please note that we will use this email address for all submission communications. Please ensure you pass all information on to your co-authors.

Information about your submission

Submission title:

Please list all co-authors, including yourself, using the format: Full Name, Institution;

Preferred presentation type:

1. Good educational practice in action: Innovations, adaptations and evaluations

2. Student initiatives in medical education

3. Working with students: educational partnerships and co-creation

4. Developing as an excellent educator

5. Other initiatives relevant to the MBChB

1. Social accountability

2. Social responsibility and community engagement

3. Global heath education and sustainability

4. Equity, diversity and inclusion

5. Professionalism and professional identity formation

Please provide up to three keywords that describe your submission. Keyword 1:

Keyword 2

Keyword 3

Abstract

Please make sure you include the aims for your submission and indicate the relevance to MBChB medical student education and the expected outcomes for participants.
Accepted session details and abstracts may be published online and in conference documents.

(300 words max)

Short summary for website and programme (50 words max.)

Workshops only: Please provide a timed plan for your workshop. Note that workshops must be interactive, with significant opportunities for delegate participation.

Please give details of ethical approval:

Any other information:

Scheduling information

We can not guarantee to schedule accepted submissions at specific times. However, if you have any unavoidable scheduling conflicts, please let us know in the box below.

If you are a medical student submitting a poster presentation, please let us know whether you are able to attend the conference. Please remember to obtain the relevant premissions for absence for your Phase.

I am attending the conference and can present at any time.

I am a medical students submitting a poster only and may not be able to attend on the day.

I am attending the conference but have the following scheduling conflicts (please give details below). Please note that we can not guarantee a specific time for your submission.

Scheduling details:

We expect to notify successful submissions by Friday 19th June 2026. Authors will be required to confirm acceptance by Thursday 25th June. Please remember to check the email address you have provided here.

Places at the conference are limited; we recommend that you register now to ensure a place.

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