Tips for Submitting an Education Session

Presenting at the 2025 NSH Convention is an incredible way to not only share your knowledge and passion for histology, but also boost your career.  However, if you have never presented for us before you might have some questions.  The information and tips below will help guide you through the session proposal submission process helping you make the leap from thinking about submitting to making it happen!

Tip 1: Have Everything Ready

Deciding to submit a session proposal is exciting, and the process is not too difficult, but it is a good idea to know what you will need, before starting.  For example, NSH will ask for not only the session description, but also the learning objectives.  Knowing that you need these things ahead of time will save you the headache of having to login back into the system to complete your submission. 

Below is an example of a full session description that incorporates the learning objectives.  Some descriptions are little longer or a little shorter, but as you can see someone will know what they can expect to learn and why it matters.  Session descriptions and objectives that are too broad or fail to convey what someone will learn a not typically selected for the program. 

Tip 2: Session Length

The NSH convention offers three session options: Workshops (60 minutes), Express Talks (15 minutes) and Learning Labs (2 -6 hours to allow for hands on interaction).  When planning your session, be sure you factor in about 10 minutes for Q/A and create your learning objectives accordingly.

Tip 3: Learning Objectives

Learning objectives should be clear, and exact. This means that you will want to outline objectives that do not try to cover too much. If necessary, break a longer objective into separate objectives. For example, this objective “Understand the steps of the histologic process” is a lot for one objective. Consider something like, “Objective 1: Define the three steps of the histologic process.” And, “Objective 2: Discuss the common errors during each step.” For more help writing objectives, check out this resource.

Tip 4: Ask Questions

If you have a question, just ask us!  Most of the time we can answer your question quickly and save you the stress of trying to figure something out on your own.  Are you a first time presenter who would like some guidance and support?  NSH is happy to find you a mentor that can not only help you with the proposal, but also provide feedback on your session when you are creating it...we love supporting new presenters! 

Email connie@nsh.org.