Department of Family Medicine

Invited Programs

The Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium is an annual event supported by Galveston-Houston area family medicine residency programs, including:

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Memorial Hermann Health System
• Methodist Hospital
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Residents and fellows are invited to present posters and/or oral presentations on clinical research, evidence-based reviews, quality improvement projects, case reports, community projects, or educational/curriculum development they have participated in.   

Call for Abstracts

Family Medicine residents from the invited programs are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations. Residents who have submitted outstanding abstract submissions may be invited to give an oral presentation. 

The call for abstracts for the 2021 symposium has not yet been announced.

Registration

To facilitate a smooth registration process, program coordinators should register all of their residents, fellows, faculty and staff and send a single payment.  Registration deadlines for the 2021 symposium will be announced in early 2021.

Cost

The cost for the 2021 symposium will be announced in early 2021.

Program coordinators should submit a single check for all registrations from their university.  Checks should be payable to University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Family Medicine, and should be mailed to:

UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine
301 University Blvd., Route 1123
Galveston, Texas 77555-1123
Attn: Symposium Coordinator

We apologize, but we will not be able to offer refunds for cancellations.

2020 Symposium

The 2020 symposium was planned to be hosted by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Saturday, May 16, 2020. However, in order to comply with stay-at-home and social distancing requirements, the symposium was cancelled for 2020.

2019 Symposium

The 2019 symposium was hosted by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UT Health McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas on Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. For more information, visit https://med.uth.edu/familymedicine/. 

Department of Family Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-1123

family.medicine@utmb.edu