DEX25: Diagnostic Excellence 2025 Meeting
Monday, October 27 - Wednesday, October 29
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Please register by October 15, 2025.
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About DEX25
Meeting Venue
Lodging
Agenda (subject to change)
CME Information
Contact/Questions
Calls for Participation
- Abstracts (Deadline: August 15)
- Shark Tank-Style Feedback Session (Deadline: September 12)
- Award Nominations (Deadline: September 20)
- Workshops (No longer accepting submissions.)
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About DEX25
The goal of the Diagnostic Excellence 2025 meeting (DEX25) is to bring together experts, learners, early career professionals, researchers, educators, and patients to advance diagnostic excellence through scientific presentations, community building, and mutual goal setting.
This year's co-hosts are UCSF CODEX, the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Center for Diagnostic Excellence at the University of Michigan, and CIDM (Community Improving Diagnosis in Medicine).
This meeting for the community is dedicated to improving diagnosis in health care. These are the proceedings:
- Will commence with presentations reviewing the trajectory of efforts to promote diagnostic excellence and a state-of-the-science review and discussion.
- Present and discuss research advances and ongoing studies through both open discussions and presentations of oral abstracts and posters.
- Will include sessions focused on measurement and assessment of progress in improving diagnosis.
- Will include designated sessions to present advances in clinical reasoning, how to teach these skills, and how to optimize clinical reasoning in practice, designed with medical educators in mind.
- A highlight throughout will be considerations of how AI, ‘the new kid on the block’ can be used to promote diagnostic excellence in research, education, and practice.
Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the current state of diagnostic safety in healthcare and the progress that has been made over the past decade.
- List some of the most common cognitive biases that lead to diagnostic error and describe ways to avoid these in clinical reasoning.
- Find and use recently developed tools, surveys, and evaluation instruments that can be used to measure diagnostic performance and outcomes.
- Use already-available AI tools to assist in differential diagnosis.
Please note that the agenda is subject to change and will be continuously updated as details become available.
To receive updates, subscribe to our DEX mailing list here.
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Meeting Venue
Michigan Union
530 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
https://uunions.umich.edu/union/
Lodging
Graduate by Hilton Ann Arbor
615 East Huron Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Reservations:
A dedicated website is now available for attendees to book hotel rooms online. Reservations in the hotel block are for October 26-28 (3 nights). Click here to book: https://book.passkey.com/e/51062722
To stay an additional night and check out on Thursday, instead of Wednesday, you may call the hotel 734-769-2200 for assistance and reference DEX25.
The deadline to reserve a room in the meeting hotel block is September 26, 2025.
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CME Information
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Michigan Medical School, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CODEX), and the Community Improving Diagnosis in Medicine (CIDM). The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Call for Abstracts and Workshop Submissions Now Open!
The DEX25 Planning Committee is pleased to invite abstract submissions for this year's meeting. See below for details about each opportunity.
Abstracts
(Note: In light of evolving restrictions on funded travel across institutions, DEX25 will notify authors of abstract acceptances on a rolling basis. The determination of presentation or poster selection will be shared by the end of August.)
By submitting an abstract, you can share original research, applied innovations, and impactful interventions that illuminate both the challenges and solutions in the pursuit of diagnostic excellence. Papers will be selected for oral or poster presentations at the meeting.
Research abstracts should describe the outcomes of research projects in diagnostic excellence, including but not limited to clinical trials, retrospective studies, educational research, and others. Submissions must include qualitative and/or quantitative data.
Innovations abstracts should describe applied innovations in diagnostic safety, including clinical programs, quality improvement, advocacy, patient safety programs, educational innovations, and others. While data may be included, the focus of these submissions is the innovation being discussed.
Abstract Submission Requirements
- Abstracts must be 300 words or less and should adhere to the IMRaD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion).
- At least one author must attend the conference to present their work.
- Names, degrees, institutions/affiliations, and abstract titles will be printed as listed in this submission form.
- Authors may submit more than one abstract.
Abstract Rubric Criteria
Abstracts will be graded by three peer reviewers on the following criteria:
- Originality
- Methods
- Relevance
- Data
The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, August 15, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
View the abstract submission questions here.
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Shark Tank-Style Feedback Session
In this dynamic forum, DEX25 aims to provide participants an opportunity to receive targeted feedback from their peers and senior diagnostic excellence leaders on their research or innovation projects. If selected, participants will give a short presentation to the judges about their idea and receive feedback from seasoned experts.
Submissions should focus on an idea that targets an area critical to improving diagnostic excellence and answers the following questions:
- What problem are you seeking to address?
- What is your idea for addressing this problem?
- What areas of uncertainty do you have?
- What are the first few steps in implementing your idea?
Proposals are due Friday, September 12. Selected participants will be notified by October 1, 2025.
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CIDM Mark L. Graber Diagnostic Quality Award
Presented annually at the Diagnostic Excellence Meeting (DEX), this award honors individuals, groups, or organizations who have made meaningful contributions to improving the safety and quality of diagnosis.
Named in honor of Mark L. Graber, MD, FACP, founder of SIDM, CIDM, and the Diagnostic Error in Medicine conference series, the award recognizes either a significant contribution or a body of work advancing diagnostic excellence through education, research, practice improvement, patient engagement, or policy.
Past awardees have included: Andrew Olson, MD, Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Sue Sheridan, MBA MIM HL, Laura Zwaan, PhD, Carmel Crock, MD, Gordon Schiff, MD, Mark Graber, MD.
Join us in celebrating leadership and progress in diagnostic quality!
Submit the nomination form by September 20 to Ruth Ryan at [email protected].
Details about the award and past awardees can be found here.
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Workshops
Please note that we are no longer accepting workshop submissions.
This is your opportunity to submit a workshop to showcase your work and support the development of the field by presenting interactive content that your peers can take back to their sites or implement into their own practice.
A workshop should encourage active, experiential learning and use a variety of activities. Opening background information in the form of a lecture (with or without slides) should take no more than 15 minutes.
Workshop Submission Requirements
- A minimum of two facilitators must be present, with a maximum of six. We encourage the inclusion of patient representatives and junior faculty and team members in the planning and presentation.
- Sessions will be 90 minutes long.
- Names, degrees, and institutions/affiliations will be printed as listed in this submission form.
- Facilitators may submit more than one proposal.
Workshop Rubric Criteria
The DEX25 Planning Committee will review workshop submissions based on the following criteria:
- Originality
- Methods
- Relevance
- Data
View the workshop submission questions here.
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Contact
Please email [email protected] with any questions. Thank you for your interest in DEX25!
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