ICCH Pre-Conference Masterclass

These are 3 hour, 4½ hour or 6-hour interactive in-person pre-conference educational sessions focusing on knowledge enhancement and skills development. They will be scheduled either on Monday 14th September 2026 or the morning of Tuesday 15th September 2026 prior to the official start of ICCH 2026. These masterclasses will allow more time than the usual 90 minutes allotted for workshops to address a more complex topic or set of skills. Examples may include an intensive course focusing on a specific research methodology or more in-depth workshop on assessing workplace-based communication skills. There will be a separate registration fee for each Pre-conference Masterclasses. Pre-conference Masterclasses without a minimum number of registered participants may be cancelled with registration refunded.

Pre-Conference Masterclasses may only be presented in person and should be an interactive session, intended to give practical tips, skills or strategies on a topical issue and suggestions for implementation in participants’ own context.

Please note that due to limited number of available spaces for each submission category, the Planning and Scientific Committee may offer alternative spaces to good quality abstracts i.e. acceptance in another category other than the initial submission category.

The review criteria include:

  • Relevance and significance:  The proposal addresses a timely and important issue in healthcare communication, particularly pertaining to research, teaching and/or policy and practice. 
  • Clarity of learning objectives: The proposal contains SMART objectives and applicable to the target audience.
  • Quality of proposed activities:  The activities are evidence-based, connect to the learning objectives, engage the participants and involve application of established knowledge/framework.
  • Structure and feasibility:  The proposed structure fits within the allotted time and includes activities that will produce the desired outcomes/impact.


Fields for completion within the electronic form:
The electronic form will contain 5 areas: 

Title: A title of 100 characters (including spaces) or less
Author(s)details: For all authors-title, first and last names, email address, department and institution. Indication of who will be the presenting author.
Presentation Type:  ICCH Pre-Conference Masterclass
Topic: You will be asked to select 1 from a list of submission topics, that best describe your work.
Body: The body of the structured abstract should be limited to 500 words (submissions exceeding this word limit will not be processed) and should follow the categories, directions, and word limits detailed in the instructions based on category of abstract. Please ensure you have read and follow these instructions as they vary based on the category type of each abstract.

Rationale:  Why the topic is important and its relevance to communication in healthcare.

Targeted audience: Describe who should participate. Please try to be as specific as possible when identifying the target audience for your workshop to help participants make an informed decision about whether to attend.

Behaviourally-specific learning objectives: What participants will be able to do as a result of this session. Of note, objectives should not just be the workshop agenda but rather what participants will take away from the workshop.

Structure of masterclass: Description of the session format and the activities that will be used to actively involve the participants. Provide estimated timeline and time allotted for each activity within the proposed X hour session. Didactic lecture portions, if included, should be brief. Active involvement of participants does have to go beyond just activities such as a large group discussion or a slot for questions and answers only. Facilitators should engage workshop participants from the beginning and throughout the workshop using interactive activities for small group discussion, reflection, practice and application activities such as pair-share activities and role play.

Intended outcomes: Describe intended outcomes from the Masterclass and how you will evaluate achievement of these outcomes. i.e. How will you enable participants to reflect on what they have gained, such as using verbal or written reflection, completion of worksheets, or plans to apply new skills?

Minimum number of participants needed

Preferred maximum number of participants

Requested length of session:  3 hours, 4½ hours, 6 hours

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