Conference Posters are the first step on the medical research ladder, but how does the process actually work?

This class is intended for total beginners who like the idea of producing a conference poster but don’t know where to start. We’ll cover you all you need to know, from coming up with a project idea (clue: there will be something you can produce from within your workplace in a matter of days, if you wished to do so…), identifying your target conference, assessing your findings, deciding on the best angle to include in your abstract, top tips on abstract submissions, design basics, the practicality of travelling to conferences with a poster in tow, and what to do if your abstract scores sufficiently highly that you are invited to give a Free Paper (short presentation) instead of – or in addition to - a poster!

The presenter has helped dozens of medical students, paramedics and EM residents to achieve their first conference poster, and particularly relishes thinking up projects capable of resulting in a great poster with minimum effort!
Learning Objectives:

Describe the process of preparing and submitting a scientific abstract
Understand core graphic design principles applicable to creation of scientific posters
Describe the hierarchy of scientific conference publications.