Submissions for the 2024 Babble Royale competition are now open!
Sir Mark Walport, the UK Chief scientist, said, “Science is not finished until it’s communicated.” Unfortunately, it still takes an average of 17 years for research findings to impact clinical practice. This number is approximately the entire duration of childhood. This may be partially due to the lack of communication training received in the course of medical training. The conventional format of platform or abstract presentations at medical conferences often fails to engage the audience or use multimedia presentations ineffectively.
Our goals are:
- Foster and promote speakers from our section who demonstrate best practices in scientific communication.
- Demonstrate and encourage best practices in scientific communication for furthering knowledge dissemination and knowledge translation in pediatric emergency medicine.
Submit your Entry
You must be a member of AAP’s Section on Emergency Medicine to be eligible to compete.
Graduating PEM fellows (June 2024) and faculty within the first 10 years of having completed their training are eligible.
Submit your entry or nominate a peer from May 1 to June 30.
You can nominate yourself or someone else. If you are nominating a colleague please let them know you are doing so. The Babble Royale team will reach out to all nominees and arrange a time to meet virtually. Nominees can provide a recorded talk or present virtually. Each presentation should be on a single topic and no more than 8-minutes long. Any format is acceptable – including slide free!
Enter via the following link.
Submission link: https://tinyurl.com/BabbleRoyaleSubmission
Four contestants will be selected to give their presentation live and in-person at the SOEM session at the AAP National Conference in Orlando.
Judging Criteria
A committee of judges composed of members of the Committee for the Future and the Education Steering Committee will individually connect with nominees and review their candidacy. Nominees will be asked to give a presentation virtually if they do not have a recorded version to share.
Four finalists will be selected to present at the upcoming AAP NCE during the Committee for the Future sessions.
The following parts of the presentation are going to be assessed:
- Opening/Hook
- Content
- Audience Engagement
- Multimedia Materials
- Presence
- Conclusion
Feedback and comments will be provided to all participants.
Award
One speaker will be selected as the winner determined by the audience. They will receive a custom title belt with the Babble Royale logo and a monetary award of $250 and be invited to defend their title against 3 new finalists at the next AAP NCE.
Timeline
May 1-June 30: Nominate contenders for the 2024 Babble Royale Competition
End of July: Speakers notified of judges’ decision.
September 29: The Main Event: Babble Royale Live at AAP SOEM!
Resources
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