Conference corner: Nominate a peer for an ACDIS Achievement Award by the end of the year!

If you are looking to recognize your incredible CDI colleagues for all the work they do, we encourage you to nominate them for our ACDIS Achievement Awards by Tuesday, December 31, 2024. This year, ACDIS is offering five different awards for outstanding CDI achievement and you can submit your nomination for them here.

Click on the links below to learn more about the qualifications for each of these awards:

• CDI Professional of the Year: This award is the highest honor bestowed by the Association and recognizes an individual who stands out as a consummate representative of the best attributes of a CDI professional. The nominee must have at least 10 years as a CDI professional at the time of their nomination.
• Accomplishment in CDI: This award recognizes an individual who has made significant achievements as a CDI professional in their facility or within their broader organization. The nominee must have at least two years as a CDI professional at the time of their nomination.
• Excellence in Provider Engagement: This award recognizes an individual who has made a substantive difference within their organization and the broader community through enhancing medical staff understanding, collaboration, and engagement. The nominee must have two or more years of experience in this role at the time of their nomination.
• Melissa Varnavas Spirit of Service: This award is named in honor of our friend and colleague, Melissa Varnavas. It recognizes an individual who has committed themselves to service by volunteering their time and skills to assist their peers and advance the CDI profession.
• Diversity in CDI: This award is intended to honor those organizations whose CDI departments are going above and beyond with creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Diversity in CDI looks like folks from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, those from minority groups in leadership positions, different educational backgrounds outside of the traditional clinical realms, inclusion of all gender identities and sexual orientations, and all abilities.

Winners will be honored with an award and recognition during the annual ACDIS annual conference, and the CDI Professional of the Year and Melissa Varnavas Spirit of Service recipients receive free admission to the conference. All nominations will be reviewed and voted on by the ACDIS Events Committee in conjunction with ACDIS administration. The nomination process is quick and easy to complete and can be accessed here!

If you’re interested in highlighting your entire team, rather than one outstanding individual, then fill out a poster proposal for the 2025 national conference! Past posters have detailed a departmentwide project, a new protocol, or a successful educational effort at your facility. In the event your group’s poster is selected, one member will receive $200 off conference admission, and all members will receive four ACDIS CEUs. You can learn more about the requirements for poster presentations here.

To submit your poster idea for consideration, click here!

Note that all poster applications and awards nominations must be submitted by the end of the year to be considered. We cannot accept any submissions after December 31, 2024. We look forward to receiving your nomination and/or submission!