Interested in Volunteering as an Abstract Review Board Member?

Considering volunteering as an Abstract Review Board Member? Here’s what you need to know before you volunteer.

Serving on the Abstract Review Board is an important opportunity to contribute your time and expertise to the abstract selection process. Reviewers help ensure that submitted abstracts receive a thoughtful, fair, and consistent review, and that the strongest submissions advance to the national Internal Medicine Meeting in the spring.

Before volunteering, take a few minutes to learn about the review process, what will be expected of you, and the importance of meeting the review deadline.

Volunteer Recruitment: Late September–Mid-November

Abstract Review Board volunteers are recruited from late September through mid-November each year. During this time, ACP members can express their interest in serving as a reviewer.

Once the volunteer period closes, we will organize reviewers into teams based on the number of volunteers and the volume of abstracts submitted.

Abstracts Are Assigned to Review Teams

After the abstract submission deadline has passed, all submitted abstracts are organized into review teams.

Teams typically consist of three or more ACP member volunteers, depending on the total number of reviewers who volunteer and the number of abstracts submitted.

Each team is generally assigned 10–35 abstracts to review. The exact number will vary based on:

  • The number of volunteers serving on the Abstract Review Board
  • The number of review teams formed
  • The number of abstracts submitted within each category

Abstracts Are Reviewed Blindly

Abstracts are distributed to reviewers blindly to help support a fair and objective review process.

If you identify a conflict of interest with an abstract assigned to you, please let us know. We will determine the best approach, which may include reassigning the abstract to another reviewer.

Review Period: Approximately 5–6 Weeks

Once abstracts are assigned, reviewers typically have 5–6 weeks to read the abstracts, evaluate them, and submit their scores.

Reviewers should plan ahead to allow enough time to complete all assigned reviews within the designated review period.

Your Score Submission Deadline Matters

Submitting your scores by the deadline is critical to keeping the abstract review process on schedule. The scoring program requires at least two scores for every abstract before the results can be run and tabulated. If scores are missing, the scoring process cannot be completed. This can delay the timeline for notifying authors about whether their abstracts have been selected to advance to the in-person meeting.

Your timely participation helps keep the entire process moving and ensures that authors receive their results as scheduled.

Scores Are Tabulated and Results Are Compiled

Once all required scores have been submitted, the results are collected and tabulated as part of the abstract selection process.

Ready to Volunteer?

If you’re interested in serving as an Abstract Review Board Member, we’d love to have you join us. Review the requirements.

Volunteer for the Abstract Review Board

Please complete the volunteer form by November 13, 2026.

Poster Judging – ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2027

Are you attending the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2027 in Los Angeles? Consider volunteering as a poster judge during the National Poster Competitions submitted by ACP Medical Students, Residents, Fellows in-Training and Early Career Physicians in the same competition categories listed above.

Review the requirements and sign up to volunteer today!

This is an in-person opportunity, and you must be registered, or plan to register for the meeting to participate.