2026 Research Posters

ACFP's 2026 Research Showcase Poster Presentations

The Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) hosts its annual Research Showcase in conjunction with the Family Medicine Summit. Abstracts are submitted and and scored by peer reviewers across Alberta. Abstracts that are accepted to participate as posters are highlighted at the in-person Research Showcase poster walk and Welcome Reception, in addition to being shared virtually. 

The top 6 posters are adjudicated after a verbal presentation as well, and the first, second, and third place Reviewer’s Choice award winners are listed below:

  • 1st Place: Team-Led Initiatives to Resolve CPAR Conflict Tasks – M. Kucera, L. McIntyre, D. Khamvongsa, A. Saqib, K. Moncrieff, et al 
  • 2nd Place: Community-Based Surveillance of RSV Epidemiology in AlbertaE. Toews, J. Dickinson
  • 3rd Place: Considerations and Constraints in Care Transitions for Urban Underserved PopulationsA. Iqbal, B. McCaffrey, N. Ofosu, L. Green, D. Campbell-Scherer, G. Salvalaggio 
Team-Led Initiative to Resolve CPAR Conflict Tasks
Community-Based Surveillance of RSV Epidemiology in Alberta
Considerations and Constraints in Care Transitions for Urban Underserved Populations
Alberta Virtual Pain Program - A Province-Wide Virtual Chronic Pain Program in Primary and Community Care Settings: Uptake, satisfaction and early outcomes
Aneroid Sphygmomanometer Calibration: A looming iceberg of imprecision?
Bridge Healing: Access to transitional housing from the emergency department
Can Chat GPT-5 Make Systematic Reviews More Time Efficient?
Can We Identify People with Type 1 Diabetes in Alberta by Applying a Case Definition to Administrative Data?
Co-Creating an Adrenal Insufficiency Patient Toolkit Using Human-Centred Design
Co-Designing a Continuous Glucose Monitoring Guide for Diabetes
Complexity of Patient Complexity: Defining and operationalizing an indicator of patient complexity for primary care
Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacogenetic-Supported Prescribing in Youth with Mental Health Conditions
Delivering Good Care, Fast: The patient experience of Alberta's musculoskeletal rapid access clinics
Engaging Primary Care Providers and Patient Partners in Co-Developing a Provincial Pathway for Management of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection
Exploring Intimacy and Chronic Pain: An embedded evaluation of the Alberta virtual pain program's virtual group for women
Family Medicine Specialty Selection in Medical Students
From Frustration to Function: A primary care-informed redesign of clinical faculty reporting
Geriatric Telehealth Program at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Help for the Helpers: Exploring the perspectives of indigenous people who use drugs in helper roles
Optimizing the Electronic Medical Record (Emr) to Maximize Identification and Follow-Up of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Patients in the Community. A collaboration between South Calgary Primary Care Network (SCPCN) and the Calgary Liver Unit (CLU)
Pandemic Preparedness Engaging Primary Care and Emergency Departments (Prepared)
Qualitative Evaluation of a Hepatitis B Primary Care Clinical Pathway Co-Design Process
Scoping Review of Patient Complexity Definitions in Primary Care Setting