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I'll be there for my 9th consecutive USCAP, whoot whoot!

It is nice though to finally be having just my name on the posters without having to make them! Man I used to hate having that deadline. Whoot Whoot!👍:laugh:🙂😀😉
 
Few people will know that they are going until the abstract notifications are sent out.
 
today's the day they said we should know by -- anyone heard anything from these guys?
 
2121115 said:
Few people will know that they are going until the abstract notifications are sent out.
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I would recommend going no matter what if you can fit it in. It is very educational.

I am not the primary submitter for anything but the 5 times I did, every time it was accepted. In fact I can't remember anyone getting rejected, but it must happen sometimes.

Does anybody know the odds on getting rejected?
 
last year the acceptance rate was greater than 70% (75%?).
 
notifications are out my friends
 
Abstract accepted........Monday morning poster.
See you in San Antonio!
 
MirkoCrocop said:
Ugg I wish it was somewhere more exotic!
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No doubt. Bummer cities recently. The worst was Denver when it was like ten degrees. I mean WTF. It should rotate between sf ny la lv and Miami
 
San Antonio's pretty cool, though I wouldn't call it exotic. Depends on what you want to do. On can certainly eat, drink, and be merry -- the River Walk area is diggable.
 
pathstudent said:
No doubt. Bummer cities recently. The worst was Denver when it was like ten degrees. I mean WTF. It should rotate between sf ny la lv and Miami
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It should only be at places that are close to the airport. Denver was annoying because the airport was 45 minutes away. San Diego was very close. Vegas would be close. New York would be the worst choice imaginable, apart from maybe Tokyo. Chicago would also not be optimal. LA would be a horrible choice because it would probably be in somewhere like Anaheim.

I seriously select conferences to go to based on
1) How close they are to the airport
2) How many food options there are that are quick.

San Diego failed on part 2. Denver was so-so on #2 but failed on #1. DC was fantastic, in my view, for last year's conference. But unfortunately there is no big conference center there for lots of posters so it won't be going back.
 
I know several people who went to the San Diego USCAP years ago...they had such a good time that I wished I had entered pathology a few years earlier.

Next year's meeting is in Vancouver, I think. Now a meeting in Vancouver should be a blast!
 
pathstudent said:
No doubt. Bummer cities recently. The worst was Denver when it was like ten degrees. I mean WTF. It should rotate between sf ny la lv and Miami
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at one time SF used to host it. But b/c of costs, big cities like NY and LA likely won't work, or if they do they'll be booked just outside the city in the boondocks at a big but cheap hotel. I'd like to see Las Vegas as well, ASCP has been a frequent flier of Sin City.
 
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A question on the abstract/poster awards:
Is the prize money taxable or non-taxable?
 
Many residency programs claim that they are in the top x% of programs in terms of USCAP poster presentations.
Is there an official measure (and reference source) for this or does each program just make it up based on subjective back-of-the-envelope calculations?
 
Oluwadi said:
Many residency programs claim that they are in the top x% of programs in terms of USCAP poster presentations.
Is there an official measure (and reference source) for this or does each program just make it up based on subjective back-of-the-envelope calculations?
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USCAP sends out a official letter stating that the program is in the top X% of programs with accepted abstracts. For my program this was posted on the bulletin board outside the resident room saying we were in the top 10%.
 
2121115 said:
USCAP sends out a official letter stating that the program is in the top X% of programs with accepted abstracts. For my program this was posted on the bulletin board outside the resident room saying we were in the top 10%.
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It feels like my entire program is going this year. I wonder who got stuck behind to gross all the colons?
 
In my day that was the chief resident. At least, it was their problem, and the program refused to not let anyone go who got anything accepted, so it could easily default to the chief. The program director was pretty much told it was gonna be -their- problem if they ignored the chief's plans to deal with it. But, thankfully we had a PA who ultimately could handle the total load for a day or two, and a couple of clued in attendings who wouldn't balk at the prospect of doing some big cases themselves if necessary, so it never really got ugly -- just briefly tense.
 
What happens during the opening ceremony of the USCAP Annual Meeting?
Is it worth arriving earlier for?
 
This year they are handing out jobs and it's FCFS. 🙄
 
Ha ha!
Truth be told, I made the question up to revive this thread and stimulate some USCAP-related discussion, seeing it is less than a week to the USCAP meeting.
 
They award the top trainee USCAP abstract poster with a "day-1" partnership job in southern California making "founding-father" money with 16 weeks of vacation.


I hope you submitted a strong poster. 🙂
 
Oluwadi said:
Ha ha!
Truth be told, I made the question up to revive this thread and stimulate some USCAP-related discussion, seeing it is less than a week to the USCAP meeting.
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The weather is supposed to be very nice! It'll be a nice change. 😀
 
Here are a few resident-friendly events that you guys may want to attend:

Friday:
-CAP Networking Reception: 5pm - 6:30pm, Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballrooms, 2nd Floor

Saturday:
-Residents Forum: 8am - 4:30pm (followed by a reception from 4:30 - 5:30), Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballrooms

Sunday:
-Fellowship Fair: 5:00pm I think. Not sure of location.
-Housestaff Specialty Conference: 7:30pm. Again, not sure of exact room.

If you see me at the meeting, please come and say hi. Would love to meet you guys in person (especially you, pathstudent!). ;-)

Have a safe trip!

Jerad Gardner
 
zao275 said:
Here are a few resident-friendly events that you guys may want to attend:

Friday:
-CAP Networking Reception: 5pm - 6:30pm, Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballrooms, 2nd Floor

Saturday:
-Residents Forum: 8am - 4:30pm (followed by a reception from 4:30 - 5:30), Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballrooms

Sunday:
-Fellowship Fair: 5:00pm I think. Not sure of location.
-Housestaff Specialty Conference: 7:30pm. Again, not sure of exact room.

If you see me at the meeting, please come and say hi. Would love to meet you guys in person (especially you, pathstudent!). ;-)

Have a safe trip!

Jerad Gardner
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I suspected you were Zao275 Jared. I was on the RF for the last 2 years. Not so anymore. I appreciate the work you are doing.
Enjoy USCAP.
 
Also Jared,
I think you need to update your list of RF delegates, coz I got an email about RF at USCAP even tho I am not a delegate anymore.🙂
 
sorry about that, Amygdala. CAP sends out those emails for me. Sometimes there is a lag in updating the email list. You can email jan glas ([email protected]) to have your name removed from the mailing list. Thanks for the kind words!

Jerad
 
Unbelievable conference this year.

What were your highlights!!!!!!😍:laugh:🙂
 
Curious as to how the Residents Forum was.
 
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