We are pleased to announce the upcoming Education Research Symposium (ERS) will be held on December 3, 2025. Most of the planned sessions will be conducted virtually allowing everyone to join; however, some sessions will be available in-person.
The purpose of the Education Research Symposium is to:
- Promote the community of education scholars in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Showcase the education research and scholarly activity of Mayo Clinic educators
- Build the research capacity of Mayo Clinic educators
The final schedule and registration will be forthcoming. Please plan to attend! This event is FREE to join!
Hosted by the Office of Education Research, within the Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science (OASES)
Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Monday, October 6, 2025 (notification by late October)
Abstract Submission Portal: https://surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_9YPZkCPG2Wwh3QG
We invite you to share your scholarly work at the 2025 Mayo Clinic Education Research Symposium, a hybrid event showcasing education research and innovation across our institution. This year’s symposium will feature in-person poster sessions, as well as hybrid oral presentations to enable broad participation.
The event is open to all Mayo Clinic employees—including consulting staff, allied health professionals, administrative and support personnel, and trainees—as well as University of Minnesota Rochester faculty. We especially encourage submissions from individuals who are newer to education research. We aim to broaden participation in our education research community by fostering a welcoming and supportive space to share ideas, spark collaborations, and grow together as scholars and educators.
What Can Be Submitted?
We welcome submissions representing all forms of education scholarship, including:
- Research on teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, or professional development
- Reviews or knowledge syntheses of existing evidence on teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, or professional development
- Evaluation of education programs and innovations
- Conceptual or integrative scholarship on educational theory, policy, or practice
Submissions may report completed work or work in progress, and may be submitted for:
- Oral presentation (limited number of slots available)
- Poster presentation (more widely available)
Abstract Submission Requirements
All abstracts must be entered into an online form (see link above). Submitters will be asked to complete:
- Submission category (completed project or work in progress)
- Preferred presentation format (oral and/or poster)
- Project title and authors
- Submitter information (name, email, location)
- Abstract (up to 2,500 characters [approx. 400 words]) - When constructing your abstract, please consider the questions below. Include headings that reflect your project's focus.
- Educational Challenge or Opportunity: What question, problem, or innovation are you exploring?
- Purpose and Goals: What are you trying to understand, improve, or test?
- Inquiry Approach: What methods, frameworks, or strategies are guiding your work?
- Insights or Learning So Far: Completed Projects: What are your findings and what do they mean? Works in progress: What are you learning so far?
- Next Steps: What’s planned or needed to advance the work? What questions do you have for others?
- Bibliography (up to 10 references, to be pasted separately)