Transition To Residency Symposium 2025
SAVE THE DATE!
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 from 2-5 pm ET
Registration will open soon!
More information about about the TTR Symposium schedule will be posted later in the summer.
This is the seventh iteration of a well-received symposium that started in late 2017. The Symposium is Free to all attendees and will be an interactive half-day with a plenary speaker, breakout sessions, poster/oral presentations, and networking opportunities.
Please consider attending if you:
Currently have a transition to residency/capstone/bootcamp program or are developing one
Are interested in building collaborative relationships with other programs
Would like to learn more about innovative approaches to teaching learners during the transition to residency timeframe
Would like to present your curricular work to others in the form of a virtual poster session
Call for Abstracts - Submit HERE
DEADLINE: August 5, 2025 at 11PM ET
The Transition to Residency (TTR) Symposium is a forum for educators from around the country to share their innovative approaches or research related to TTR courses. Follow this link (Symposium Abstract Submission) to submit an abstract. Two of the abstracts will be selected for a live oral presentation during the symposium. The other invited presenters will be asked to submit a PowerPoint of their poster paired with a 5-minute oral presentation to be included with our virtual posters. Posters will be judged by a panel of TTR judges plus symposium audience voting. We highly encourage invited presenters to respond to questions and comments on your individual posters on the TTR website. See last year’s posters here. Click on a poster to view the virtual Q&A.
Abstracts are limited to 3000 characters with spaces (~500 words) and must include the following components:
Objective: purpose of innovation, or research question
Background: importance/relevance of innovation or research
Design and methods
Outcomes or results
Conclusions including strengths, limitations, and transferability
Required but not included in word count: Title, Author(s) and affiliated institutions, References (Limit 5)
Optional but not included in word count: Table and/or figures (Limit 2)
Online abstract submissions are due by 11 PM EST on TUESDAY AUGUST 5th, 2025. Abstracts will be reviewed by at least 2 peers. Notification of the review outcome will be sent to the contact author in late August. The narrated poster will need to be submitted by September 12th, 2025. The oral presentations will occur on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025, during the symposium.
Please direct questions to Homan Wai, MD (homan.wai@inova.org) with an email titled “TTR Symposium Abstract Question.”
Call for Coordinator of the Year award
SUBMIT Nominations HERE!
DEADLINE: August 5, 2025 at 11PM ET
The TTR Coordinator of the Year award seeks to recognize the efforts of the amazing Transitions to Residency (TTR) course coordinators who make invaluable contributions to the courses they run. Course coordinators have a long tradition of unrecognized leadership in medical school courses and we are seeking to identify and recognize course coordinators who have made significant contributions to their Transitions to Residency Course through innovative efforts or novel approaches.
Achievement Measures:
To receive recognition through this award the coordinator must have helped design and implement innovations that made a significant impact on the health and well-being of the student community of the course
The nominees should be currently or recently active in their course
Their efforts should have had a demonstrable impact on the course and student experience
Nomination Process:
Nominations may come from co-coordinators, staff managers, course directors, deans, medical students, or residents. A nomination should include a letter (no more than 1 page) summarizing the individual’s contribution and a copy of the nominee’s resume/CV. Emphasis should be placed on specific course innovations and their impact in improving the transitions to residency course.
Please direct questions to the award lead Anthony Gaynier, EdD