CALL FOR CASE STUDIES: The Texas Pain Society invites members and others to submit case studies to be considered for presentation at the 12th Annual Scientific ONLINE Meeting. The call for case study is open to Texas fellows and residents in a pain fellowship. Entries must be received before the cutoff date. All submissions will be reviewed by the committee and the top 5 submissions will be asked to present live (virtually) at the TPS 12th Annual Scientific ONLINE Meeting in November. 2020 Winners Present Case Studies at Saturday, November 7th. PURPOSE: The purpose of the case study presentations at the TPS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting is strictly educational. Case studies should detail a particular clinical case, describe the clinical background of the patient and address any relevant evidence the physician discovered. They should discuss investigations undertaken in order to determine a diagnosis or differentiate between possible diagnoses and should indicate the course of treatment the patient underwent as a result. As a whole, your case study should be an informative and useful part of every physician's medical education, both during training and on a continuing basis. REQUIREMENTS: Case studies should be those of relevant topics on pain. These will be reviewed according to content, originality, the literature review, style and organization. PRESENTATION: All selected entries will have the opportunity to be posted to the TPS website and circulated to the meeting attendees. The top 5 selected cases will be invited to be presented live (virtually) at the TPS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting. All presenting fellows and residents will receive complimentary registration to the ONLINE meeting. Presenters will have approximately 5 minutes each to speak about their case study on Saturday, November 7, 2020. DEADLINE: All entries must be emailed to Krista DuRapau at the TPS office at [email protected]. They must be received no later than October 23, 2020. All power point presentations should be submitted no later than November 1 ,2020. SUBMISSION: You may submit your case study by email starting September 29, 2020 through October 23, 2020. Additional submissions will not be accepted after October 23, 2020. NOTIFICATION: A list of the primary authors’ names will be posted on the TPS web site, www.texaspainsociety.org IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SUBMISSION AND ISSUES RELATED TO COPYRIGHT: Case studies previously presented or published may not be submitted to TPS without modification. Data must be updated or expanded, resulting in a new case study. The primary author will be asked to sign a Case Study Submission Agreement which confirms that the primary author agrees to grant TPS unrestricted, irrevocable permission to publish the case study in printed material and on the web. The primary author retains the case study’s copyright, and anyone wishing to use the case study after the TPS publication will be instructed to contact the primary author for permission. GENERAL INFORMATION
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2019 Winners Anthony Karam, D.O. , M.S Greg Crisp, MD Max Epstein, MD Thomas Zouki, MD |