dealing with poster presentation guide

• focuses on
  • layout of poster
  • what you should do
• reminder
  • there is an md course that taught this
• therei s a template that you have to use
  • there is an FAQ in moodle that asks
    1. are we allowed to experiment and change the template?
       • his comment? sure but be careful
         • because think of the examiners
           • they have to have to look at your presentation and try to measure one against the other
           • and you will know (from previous course) about doing E-posters
             • why are we not using E-posters? that was originally the idea, but the course coordinator is not the only person in charge
             • other people make decision
               • and when you have such variation in poster, it's hard to "judge"
               • so standaerdized the ideal solution
                 • STICK TO THE TEMPLATE
       • you will know about E-posters, you dont have to worry aobut the amount of material, you can put in as many content
         • posters are LIMITED, because it's a paper poster, and you're presenting it as is
• basic structure and things to make sure in poster, then other things
  1. title of your project/study
     • some might have a really long title, that's a problem, make sure that what you're looking at actually matches the title of your project
       • e.g diabetes in oman, dont have the title "wwhat a wonderful world"
         • you want the title to be RELEVANT, specially if you have a long title for the project
  2. name and ID
     • you will be stunned over how many students FORGET this
  3. AIM and Specific objectives
     • remember, because you dont have much space, you want to make this very clear
       • so that the person reads ait and undnerstands what you want to do
         • if that's not clear? the rest doesnt follow
         • lay it out iin simple terms for anyone to read and understand
  4. you answer the next question, why?
     • why is what you're doing important?
       • you have to have a conviction yourself in your heart, why this matters
         • why should i sit and listen to your presentation. i got my phone and i could check that right now?
         • for both who is listeningn and reading your poster
       • notice how the dr is highlighting each part with a read square when he's talking about it
         • instead of pointing it with a laser, use a red square to highlight the section
         • very simple animation, when you want you draw the attention of the viewers to just 1 area on the poster
     • now you established aim and why, you've hooked the audience,
       • arrow pointing at aim and specific, go back to it again and see if it matches
         • sometimes you have a good aim and its clear in your mind, but then you forget
           • so go back to the aim
           • everything that im writing, does it refer to the aim? does it fulfill the function of the aim? because it would be a waste if not
             • does justification match aim?
  5. background
     • what do we arleady know about the topic?
       • because you have limited space
         • the idea is not to show that you read so many articles, but make it clear andn straight to the point about this topic?
         • because when you get to the end of it
           • you have to explain the GAP, what do we NOT KNOW?
       • START broad
         • e.g obesity in oman, talk about obesity in general, then narrow down
         • or from ad ifferent perspective, general lifestyle sdiseases in oman
           • start general, then go narrow, and here is something we dont know
  6. methodology
     • straightfoward
       • what did you actually do that would help us answer the question?
         • limited space, you did alot of work that you want to show, but you cant show everything
         • SHOW the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
  7. results
     • this is the tough decision
       • you'll find out alot, and you have all these charts and diagrams
         • you have to CHOOSE the best discovery
     • there is alot of space for this
       • how many diagrams are wea llowed in?
         • there is no limit, just make sure it's READABLE comfortably
       • what color to use?
       • which size/font to use?
       • CAN THE AUDIENCE READ IT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON?
     • YOU'LL find generally
       • more than 1 table or chart, you will be be struggling
         • so limit youself to that, because it's simply difficult to squeeze in everything
     • after you've done it, go back to the justification, then go back the to the aim
       • is what im writing down, IS IT RELEVANT TO WHAT IM TRYING TO DO?
         • is it answering the question? to finding the gap?
     • then
  8. then once you do all that, try to summarize
  9. you are allowed a very very small font for references
  • in the age of ai

you get through all of this, you have the poster setup and did the presentation

• dr showed how to present
• assesment and things to look for

1. part 2; quality of the poster
2. part 3 communication

there used tot be old grading system

• not used anymore, but it's kept there because it's a useful checklist

when you go the sumary, maybe its agood ideae to go back to aim objective