Annual Research Meeting
 
25th Anniversary

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2008 ARM Highlights

  • Attendance --- 2,305
  • First Timers --- 34 percent
  • Members --- 67 percent
  • Students --- 16 percent
  • International --- 4 percent
  • Speakers --- 592 or 26 percent
  • Sessions --- 155 (includes 3 poster sessions and 2 plenaries)
  • Balance of breakout sessions
    • 52 percent peer reviewed sessions
    • 20 percent theme related (invited papers and policy roundtables)
    • 28 percent other sessions (methods workshops, skill and career development workshops, federal research updates and resources, and special sessions)
  • Abstract Submissions --- 1,597
    • Abstracts acceptance rate:
      • Papers = 24 percent
      • Panels = 36 percent
  • Posters --- 858 presented
  • Exhibitors --- 62
  • PowerPoint Presentations on Web --- over 400
  • Adjunct Meetings --- over 60, including 15 AcademyHealth Interest Groups and 5 Methods Seminars
  • Evaluation Response --- 32 percent

 

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