Each year medical students from the four medical schools and residents from the eight Internal Medicine training programs in Louisiana are invited to submit abstracts for the Annual American College of Physicians (ACP) Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter. The content of these abstracts includes clinical case vignettes or research activities. The abstracts have all identifying features removed (i.e., names, institutional affiliations, etc.) before being sent to physician judges. This year a total of 132 abstracts were submitted for the meeting. Each judge scores each abstract independently and then the scores from all judges are averaged and ranked. This year we are excited
to be able to publish the 3 most highly ranked abstracts presented at this year’s competition that were selected for oral presentations. An additional 22 abstracts presented as posters were selected
by judges for publication. All abstracts (3 oral and 22 poster) were presented at the Associates Meeting held at The Louisiana Cancer Research Center in New Orleans on March 6, 2020. We would like to thank the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society and appreciate its efforts to publicize the hard work of these trainees.
Shane Sanne, DO, FACP Chair, Louisiana Associates Liaison Committee
Lee S. Engel, MD, PhD, FACP Past Governor, Louisiana Chapter ACP
Angela Johnson, MD, FACP Governor, Louisiana Chapter ACP
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