Good afternoon Commissioned Corps officers,
Please find some important information below from AMSUS regarding the acceptance of poster abstracts and CME compliance requirements for lectures at the conference, as well as information regarding official PHS presentation and poster templates.
Acceptance of Poster Abstract Submission: All officers who submitted a poster should receive a notification of acceptance or rejection via email from AMSUS by Sunday, September 1, 2019. In addition, all accepted abstract summaries will be posted online in September.
Attention Lecture Presenters: For CME compliance, presenters must submit all presenter names, a disclosure statement, slide presentations, and objectives no later than Friday, September 13, 2019.
Presentation and poster POCs are in the table below if you have any questions.
| POCs for submissions | |
| Presentation and Poster Abstract | LCDR Gunter – Matthew.J.Gunter@ice.dhs.gov
CDR Sancho – alfredo.sancho@hhs.gov CDR Gielski – mgielski@bop.gov
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Official PHS AMSUS Presentation and Poster Templates: The PHS templates that officers must use for their presentations and posters are on the CCMIS website. The templates are located under the Modernization Section – select Useful Templates.
The Office of the Surgeon General’s guidance on official presentation and poster template usage for AMSUS is as follows:
- If you are stationed with an HHS staff division or operating division, you are to use the official PHS templates for your presentation and/or poster at AMSUS.
- If you are stationed with an external government agency that has a policy on official template usage, you will need to follow your agency’s guidance. If your agency has no official directive with agency specific templates, PHS officers are to use the official PHS templates.
Links to acceptable logos for the PHS and HHS are below:
- PHS – https://dcp.psc.gov/OSG/eho/images/USPHS_Logo.png https://dcp.psc.gov/OSG/eho/images/USPHS_Logo.png
- HHS – https://www.hhs.gov/web/policies-and-standards/web-policies/logo-seal-and-symbol-policies/index.html
Sincerely,
RADM Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH
Deputy Surgeon General
Office of the Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave SW, Suite 701-H
Washington, DC 20201
Office Phone: 202-401-4660
Email: erica.schwartz@hhs.gov