Tips-and-Tricks-for-Poster-Displays-APAC-2015

10Presenng contextAlways be clear where the work took place and who the key stakeholder groups are. This informa&on isabsent from many posters. Individual names and &tles are not needed, but do provide a clear statementof stakeholders.For example:Clinical representa&ves from the surgical team including the specialist nurse and colorectalsurgeon, pa&ents and family members, administra&ve staff and a representa&ve from the ITteam par&cipated in the project.Presenng aims and goalsAims and goals must be clear and measurable. Be specific. For example, if your aim is to increase thenumbers of staff coming through training you need to say from x to y. Do not use percentages without alevel of detail: they are meaningless unless quan&fied with actual numbers. For example, the sentence‘We will increase the number of people being trained by 6%’ could mean you aim to train three morepeople or three hundred more!Presenng intervenon and implementaonSay what you did and how you did it. Include informa&on on what tools or methods were used to makethe change.Presenng measures and outcomesEnsure that your aim/goal has a corresponding measure so that progress/success is visible. If there aremul&ple aims/goals, each must have a corresponding measure. The assessor is looking for evidence thatthe aim/improvement has been achieved. Think carefully about how you display your measures. If usinggraphs, make sure there are at least six data points and that there is a clear indica&on of when the workstarted so the assessor can easily iden&fy the baseline.In addi&on to illustra&ng the measures, clearly describe the resul&ng benefits. Explain the difference thework made. A good way to think of this is in terms of benefits to pa&ents, staff and the organisa&on. Afew comments or quotes can be included to illustrate these benefits. For example, a staff member mightsay that training has completely changed his prac&ce, a pa&ent might comment on having fewer hospitaladmissions and being able to spend more &me being well at home. The organisa&onal benefit might bereduc&on in errors or costs.ReferencesFormat references properly according to the guidelines provided by the conference organiser. If nospecific guidelines are provided, use a standard referencing system. Numbered styles such as Vancouverare preferable to author-date styles such as APA because they take up less of your word limit.Present references using the same size font as you used for the rest of your main text.