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Poster Presentations. Cari McCarty, Ph.D. Center for Child Health Behavior and Development Seattle Children’s Hospital. The Ideal Poster is Designed to…. provide a brief overview of your work initiate discussion attract attention
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Poster Presentations Cari McCarty, Ph.D. Center for Child Health Behavior and Development Seattle Children’s Hospital
The Ideal Poster is Designed to… • provide a brief overview of your work • initiate discussion • attract attention • give you something useful to point to as you discuss your work
Possible Headings Author/Title/Affiliation Abstract Background Methods Results Conclusions Funding Source
POSTER TITLE Author, Program, Department, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Introduction and Objectives Lay in your introduction x x x x x x x x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Methodology x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Study conclusions and ideas for new research x x Population Studied x x x x x x x x x x x x xx x x xxxxxxxx Discussions xxxxx Funding Source
Helpful Hints • The flow of the poster should be from top left corner to bottom right corner • Get a small-size proof before printing out your large poster • Use pictures, diagrams, figures, etc., rather than text wherever possible. • Use of color in your graphics will enhance your poster
How to Make a Poster from Powerpoint • Step-by-step instructions can be found here: http://depts.washington.edu/uwposter/design_help.html Ask a colleague/mentor for a poster template; adapt from there If you need more help, UW Posters offers design help for $40/hour http://depts.washington.edu/uwposter
Seattle Children’s Templates available with Seattle Children’s and UW School of Medicine Logos: http://brandguidelines.seattlechildrens.org/brand-guidelines/research-poster-slide IKON Copy Center Services may print it out for free: x7-4890
Costs at UW and Turnaround Time University of Washington Allow 24 hours from the time you approve your proof for final printing. Pickup room is T-271, Health Sciences Economy Bond ($39.00); Semi-gloss ($56.00); Travel Fabric ($61.00) Cost is 27% higher if not using UW budget #
Before the Conference • Most common question: “Tell me about your study” • Prepare a short presentation of about 5 or 10 minutes that you can periodically give to those assembled around your poster.