Western Regional Urgent Care Conference – Speaker Tasks

Welcome Western Regional Urgent Care Conference Speakers!

UCA is supporting our California chapter, CalUCA, in producing their annual conference.

Speaker tasks are listed below. If you have any questions, contact learning@urgentcareassociation.org.

Task 1 – Information Due 07/22/23 07/31/23

Submit your session information (not necessary for panelists).
Submit your speaker information (photo, bio, etc.)
Submit your speaker agreement.
Submit your financial relationship(s) disclosure form (if delivering a clinical presentation).
Register for the event (a discount code will be sent to you after the speaker agreement has been received).

Note: If you choose to waive your honoraria, you may skip the next two documents.

Task 2 – Due 07/29/23 – Start Developing Your Presentation

Download the PowerPoint template – Download and resave with your session title. Note: Download will open as a .potx (template); when you “save as”, the type will change to a .pptx.
Start creating your presentation.
Note: All videos should be embedded into the PowerPoint for easy playback.

Developing your content and presentation:

Review the whole agenda.
Review tips on creating an engaging presentation:

Task 3 – Draft Presentation Due 08/12/23

Upload your draft presentation (or poster) to our shared OneDrive.

Review Process

Every presentation is reviewed by the UCA learning team. The team will insert comments into your presentation for Required Changes or for Recommended Changes.
An email will be sent to you to review comments. All updates can be made directly in the OneDrive, no need to upload new versions. To learn more about how comments work, click here.
All clinical presentations will be peer reviewed to follow ACCME requirements. Click here to review ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Urgent Care Association and jointly provided with the California Urgent Care Association. The Urgent Care Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Task 4 – Final Presentation Due 09/02/23

All required changes should be completed.
All recommended changes should be completed, if desired.

Note: After this date, all presentations will be copied to a secured location for the technical team and made available to the attendees. Changes made after this date will not be available for presenting.

Task 5 – Practice Presentation – Conference Begins 09/16/23

Review Delivering a Great Presentation by Forbes.
PRACTICE your timing and delivery!

Task 6 – Post Convention Tasks

Claim your CME – For those that delivered clinical content, the preparation and delivery of your presentation is eligible for CME.

Designation Statement

The Urgent Care Association designates this speaker preparation activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM per 1 hour of presentation delivery. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Urgent Care Association (UCA) and the California Urgent Care Association (CalUCA). UCA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Provide your Feedback – We not only value the content and expertise you bring, we value your input to make the process as efficient as possible.
Attendee feedback is generally available within 3 weeks of the event closing and will be sent to all speakers.