Creating effective scholarly posters: A guide for DNP students

Abstract

DNP scholarly projects provide forward-looking solutions to some of society's most formidable healthcare challenges. The dissemination of knowledge gleaned from the DNP scholarly projects is vital to 21st century global health. Effective poster presentations are critical to the dissemination of scholarly knowledge.

Tracing the ‘grey literature’ of poster presentations: a mapping review

“…However, articles offering advice on these issues are still prominent. [77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84] Other literature discusses the integration of information technology to broaden poster efficacy, 85,86 including the use of smart phones 86 and multimedia. 87,88 There are literary and genre considerations, [89][90][91][92][93] and also continuing coverage of the rates of publication trends for conference presentations.…”

Successful design and delivery of a professional poster

“…Only a selected number of presenters can be assigned to this modality, as there are generally limited numbers of terminals (because of rental cost) and limited space for these presentations. One advantage of ePosters is they are typically displayed before, during, and after the conference, often a good way to facilitate professional communication (Christenberry & Latham, ), but the disadvantage can be the high cost to the conference and/or presenter. Some conferences provide a set time the presenter can stand beside the computer terminal during the display of their poster and engage in scholarly discussion, answer questions, or network with colleagues focused on the work.…”

“…Type of font also is important. Sans serif fonts, such as Helvetica or Univers, are said to be good for titles, whereas Times Roman, Garamond, Palatino, or Century Schoolbook are suited for the body text (Block, ; Christenbery & Latham, ; Keely, ; Purrington, ). A combination of upper and lower case letters is easier to read than all upper case, but if using an acronym and numbers in the body of the text, scale down the font size by one to two points to avoid overpowering the lower case text.…”

“…Limit the use of acronyms as the title of the poster is important to viewers and should be centered at the top and followed by placing author(s) and affiliation(s) directly underneath the title. Remember that each component or section of the poster is distinct, but the poster is also to be viewed as a whole (Christenbery & Latham, ). Berg () discussed the “rule of thirds” suggested by Duchin and Sherwood () that creates a 3 × 3 grid pattern similar to a tic‐tac‐toe figure.…”

Transforming Doctoral Education Through the Clinical Electronic Portfolio

“…12 The portfolio advisor works with the student to further develop a paper/project that originated within a course or immersion experience and bring it to the level required for a professional presentation and publication. Moreover, the manuscript/project depicts the integration of the immersion experiences and allows students to apply whole or parts of the major course papers/projects from the DNP courses.…”