Maryland Action Coalition Summit
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2025 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit:
Advancing Nursing Excellence Through Innovation and Leadership
Monday, June 9, 2025
9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Virtual
Registration: FREE (including Continuing Nursing Professional Development)
Registration Coming Soon
Overview:
Health care evolution continually requires advancements in the education and practice of nursing professionals. The 2025 MDAC Summit will explore nurse leadership and innovative actions being taken to ensure value and excellence in collaborative nursing education and practice. The event is designed to strengthen the ability of professional nurses to lead changes in patient care delivery and effectively engage with new practice interventions.
The objective of the Maryland Action Coalition (MDAC) is to identify innovative ways of collaborating that advance nursing excellence to prepare nurses to lead in any health care setting. The three pillars of the coalition’s focus are:
- Nursing Leadership
- Nursing Workforce
- and Nursing Retention.
The 2025 summit will explore progressive approaches to teaching and models of leadership that hold promise for the future.
Objectives:
- Engage with leading experts from diverse backgrounds to gain insight into best practices for navigating the complex and rapidly changing landscape of nursing academia and practice.
- Reframe narratives related to the value of nursing and nurses’ role in utilizing innovative nurse-led technology to streamline clinical workflows and enhance patient care and nursing education.
- Describe the nursing workforce challenges unique to rural communities on the Eastern Shore and in the southern and western regions of Maryland, focusing on nursing recruitment and retention, rural health disparities, and interconnections in the continuum of care.
Call for Abstracts
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025, noon ET
Please review the guidelines below before beginning your submission.
Information and Guidelines
All abstracts must be submitted using the online submission process outlined below. Be sure to review the conference overview, objectives, and submission guidelines before you begin. If you have questions during this process, contact Imani Payne at ipayne@umaryland.edu.
Submission Guidelines
To complete your abstract submission:
- Review the conference overview and objectives (above).
- Prepare an abstract in a Word document and confirm all information is included before starting the online submission process. Abstracts should include:
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- Primary author name and credentials
- Co-authors’ names and credentials (including all collaborating partners); co-authors must be named at the time of submission
- Abstract title
- 350word abstract in narrative form
- Must address 1 - 2 conference objectives
- Content references (at least two) in APA format
- Select the appropriate category for your work: Education, Research, or Practice.
- Copy and paste the text of your abstract into the box(es) provided in the online form. The abstract narrative will accept no more than 350 words. Longer abstracts will be truncated.
- Incomplete forms, alternatively formatted submissions, and emailed submissions will not be considered for review.
- You must acknowledge funding sources supporting your project in your abstract.
Notification
The primary presenter will receive email notification of the review committee's decision on March 20. Rather than traditional posters, selected abstracts will be accepted for 3-minute recorded lightning (rapid) presentations, which will occur during the conference on June 9.
Presenter Commitment and Registration
Your commitment to present by March 31 and a completed conference registration form for the primary presenter must be received on or before April 30. Failure to register by this deadline will constitute declining to present. Presenters must register to attend the conference.
NEW: Abstract Lightning Presentations
A lightning presentation is a short, 3-minute, focused presentation. These presentations allow you to quickly spark interest, bring insight, or break down a topic. Presenters must be concise and deliver the content in a clear and engaging manner. For audiences, this format provides an opportunity for a diverse exploration of topics, making it an ideal way to discover and engage with new ideas or innovation.
Accepted abstract presenters will be requested to provide a PowerPoint slide deck consisting of no more than 3 - 5 slides that outline and/or contribute to the presentation (this could be an image, infographic and/or meme, solutions, ideas, or other relevant content that supports your points).
Continuing Education for Nurses
Nurses may receive 5.5 contact hours upon successful completion of this educational activity. Successful completion is demonstrated by attending the entire conference and submitting the completed program evaluation. No partial credit will be awarded. Participants will be able to print a Continuing Education certificate after completing the evaluation.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.