Learning domains.
Research reports
Protocol-governed investigations with a defined question, method, oversight status and appropriately bounded conclusion.
Quality improvement
Structured local or network learning intended to improve a process, with scope and generalizability stated carefully.
Education evaluation
Assessment of learner experience, documentation, simulation or program design without overstating competence.
Human factors
Studies of communication, handling, design choice or system interaction grounded in observed user experience.
Program structure.
Review process
Submissions are reviewed for clarity, method, oversight category, relevance, responsible reporting and management of confidential or proprietary information.
Acceptance categories
The committee assigns oral, moderated-poster or methods-forum presentation. Format reflects program fit, not a hierarchy of scientific certainty.
Archive status
Accepted abstracts remain AREOLA symposium proceedings. Subsequent reports or publications identify updated methods, results and review status separately.
Selected 2026 abstracts.
Patient understanding after first-time digital plate planning
A multicenter evaluation of what patients recalled about options, uncertainty and next steps after a structured planning consultation.
Everyday handling questions in registered interchangeable systems
A thematic analysis of questions documented during early follow-up for third-generation MagnePlate users.
Completeness of prior-system records at revision intake
A network project evaluating a standardized intake checklist for patients with earlier implants or plate systems.
Controlled visual classification of noble-metal surface change
An evaluation of agreement among trained observers using defined surface-language categories under controlled review conditions.
Multisource feedback in the advanced replacement fellowship
A review of how physician, nursing, design and patient-experience feedback contributed to fellow development plans.
Annual Plate Check participation after care away from home
A national cohort analysis of follow-up participation among patients traveling to a regional or national center.
Version control in multidisciplinary plate-design records
A process evaluation of design-record clarity before and after introduction of a shared confirmation checkpoint.
Teach-back reliability in recovery education simulation
A simulation-based evaluation of how consistently specialty nurses confirmed understanding of general recovery and escalation guidance.
Assessment, records and boundaries.
Presentations receive discussant questions and review for reporting quality; symposium acceptance is not external journal peer review.
Abstract summaries omit patient-identifying information, proprietary manufacturing details and unsupported claims of safety, superiority or clinical effectiveness.
Archive finalized after the meeting