Scientific Posters: A Plea from a Conference Attendee.
Conferences provide lots of opportunities to learn and poster sessions are supposed to be one of these venues. However, it seems most posters are not designed considering the reader or the venue; they are designed to reflect a potential manuscript. In this commentary, I provide a rationale why posters should be an illustrated abstract and provide some design tips to make the poster more reader friendly based on available research.
Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Associate Editor, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
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D003142:Communication; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D010604:Pharmacy; D011643:Publishing
communication skills; posters; presentation skills; professional development; writing