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1GENERAL INFORMATIONthe scheduled start of the session. The Chairpersonwill lead the group round the boards, each presentergiving a 2-3 minute introduction of his/her posterto the group. This will be followed by a short periodfor questions and discussion. The Chairperson willintroduce each presenter and keep the session to time.Any time at the end of the session could be used fordiscussion or for individual viewing. No audio-visualaids, other than the poster, will be available.• In addition to the formal poster presentation session,presenters are encouraged to be available by theirposter at some time during lunch and/or coffeebreaks. It is helpful to fix a note to your poster boardindicating when you will be available if anyone wishesto meet with you outside of the scheduled session. Ahand-out with the key messages of your poster andyour contact details is helpful, and you are encouragedto bring some with you.Medical Teacher Poster Prize: A prize of freeregistration for AMEE 2015 in Glasgow, UK, or a cashprize, will be awarded to the best poster, as selected bythe Poster Prize Committee.Poster feedback: If you have a poster and would liketo receive feedback on your work, there will be theopportunity to sign up to meet a member of the AMEEResearch Committee to discuss your poster. Please lookout for the sign-up sheets displayed in the poster area(South Hall, Level 0) and select a convenient time. Themeeting will take place by your poster board. Places arelimited and are available on a first come, first servedbasis. (Please note: this does not apply to electronicposters).ePosters: Electronic posters were first introduced in Lyonat AMEE 2012. Feedback has indicated that participantsfind the ePoster format an exciting and valuable additionto the programme. One significant advantage forpresenters is that they do not need to prepare a printedposter and the electronic poster should be uploadedin advance according to the instructions supplied topresenters. ePosters will be presented in themed sessionsusing interactive whiteboards supplied by InnovativeTechnology of Saudi Arabia, and located close to themounted posters, Theatre Room 15 and Theatre Room16, Level 0, MiCo.AMEE ePoster Prize: A prize of free registration forAMEE 2015 in Glasgow, UK, or a cash prize, will beawarded to the best poster, as selected by the ePosterPrize Committee.Presenters of ePosters:• Please upload your ePoster via the websitehttp://eposter.Innotech-sa.com by 25 August usingthe username and password sent to you by email.• The technicians on site in the allocated session rooms,from Sunday 31 August, will be available to show youhow the interactive boards work, and to give yousome tips on presenting. They will also be availablethroughout the sessions.• Go to the room allocated for your session at least 15minutes before the start of your session and introduceyourself to the Chairperson.• The Chairperson will introduce you at the appropriatetime in the session and ask you to talk for 2-3 minuteson the key messages of your poster, following whichthere will be questions and discussion about yourposter. At the end of the session, any remaining timecan be used for further discussion.Note: The ePosters will be evaluated on the conferenceevaluation form and we hope conference participants willgo along to a session and provide feedback. The ePosterscan also be viewed on laptops, tablets and smartphonesusing the wifi network and through the Conference App(http://ieposter.com/viewer/amee_2014/).Hands-on CPR Opportunity for alldelegates provided by LaerdalThere is an opportunity to experience a one-to-oneinstructional session on a CPR simulator in a nonthreateningenvironment with feedback from thesimulator. This will provide an opportunity to obtainfirst-hand experience of learning from a simulator and seehow repetitive practice with specific focused feedback canaccelerate learning. It will also give you an opportunity tomaster or update the essential skill of cardiopulmonaryresuscitation (CPR). Simulation stations will be availablein Office 9, Balcony, Level +1, MiCo at the following timesand qualified staff will be available to assist:Monday 1 September 0830-1730Tuesday 2 September 0830-1730Wednesday 3 September 0830-1230The CPR Stations are organised by the ItalianResuscitation Council.Lunchtime Networking SessionsIn previous years conference participants have foundnetworking with other participants with similar interestswas a valuable feature of the conference. Indeed it is ofinterest that a number of international groups offeringpre-conference workshops this year met for the first timeat an AMEE conference. While you can meet others withsimilar interests at the short communication and posterssessions, with almost 3,500 participants we recognisedthat we should do more to help facilitate such contacts.We have identified this year eight themes where wewill help you to meet with others with a similar interest.The areas are - interprofessional education, selection ofstudents and trainees, simulation, team-based learning,work-based assessment, staff/faculty development,international collaborations and competency/outcomebasededucation. If you have a particular interest in oneof these areas you might like to identify yourself witha coloured dot on your badge. All you need to do is toselect a coloured dot from the display on the conferencenotice board, in the registration area, and add this toyour badge. We will also have themed tables at lunch onMonday and Tuesday identified with the same coloursand a MedEdWorld forum for each theme has been setup to aid communication. If this approach is found to behelpful we can extend it to other areas for AMEE 2015.– 11 –