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Cholelithiasis
and cholecystectomy may lower the low density
lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93010
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Mursel Davarci, Orhan Veli
Ozkan, Ersan Semerci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley
Pocock
Serum
and follicular fluid vitamin D and follicular
response among infertile women undergoing ICSI
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93011
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version]
Sedighe Esmaeilzadeh, Maryam Aliasgharpour,
Parvaneh Mirabi, Azita Ghanbarpour
Maede Fasihian
Studying
the relation of quality of work life with socio-economic
status and general health among the employees
working in Students Welfare Fund of Ministry
of Health and Medical Education in 2016
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93012
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version]
Saeed Reza Azami, Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh, Soheil
Mokhtari, Ali Maher
On the Effect
of Cognitive Behavioural Counseling on Sexual
Satisfaction of Mothers with Autistic Children:
A Randomized Clinical Trial
DOI:
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Leila Arbil, Mitra Kolivand, Farzaneh Golboni,
Effat MerghatiKhoei, Mansour Rezaei
Pre-operative
sublingual misoprostol and intra-operative blood
loss during total abdominal hysterectomy: a
randomized single-blinded controlled clinical
trial
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93013
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version]
Taravat Fakheri, Tayebe Noori
Investigating
the Effect of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure
on Sore Throat, Hoarseness and Cough in Patients
with Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93014
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Ali Akbar Vaezi, Mohammad Hassan Mondegari Bamakan
Comparing
the Self-Esteem and Resiliency between Blind
and Sighted Children and Adolescents in Kermanshah
City
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93015
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version]
Saeedeh Bakhshi, Nafiseh Montazeri , Babak Nazari,
Arash Ziapour, Hashem Barahooyi,
Fatemeh Dehghan
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Population
and Community Studies
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Frequency
of Uric Acid Levels, Symptomatic and Asymptomatic
Hyperuricemia among the Pakistani Population
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93016
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Waris Qidwai, Masood Jawaid
Determinants
of Tooth Brushing among Primary School Students
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93017
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Mohammad Mahboubi, Mohammad Ismail Motlagh,
Mehdi Mirzaei-Alavijeh, Farzad Jalilian, Hassan
Gharibnavaz,
Mohammad Fattahi
Depression
in patients suffering from gender dysphoria:
The hospitalized patients of Legal Medicine
Center in Southwest of Iran
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93018
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Zahra Gorjian, Mohammad Zarenezhad, Mohhamad
Mahboubi, Saeid Gholamzadeh,
Nahid Mahmoodi
An epidemiological
study of suicide attempts and to determine the
correlation between attempted suicide causes
and demographic characteristics of people in
Kermanshah Province during a year
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93019
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Hamid Reza Shetabi, Samira Rostami, Mohsen Mohammadi,
Mahsa Cheleii, Lida Saedi, Saba Amiri Nasab,
Shirin Zardui GolAnbari
The
effectiveness of life skills training on happiness,
mental health, and marital satisfaction in wives
of Iran-Iraq war veterans
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93038
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Kamal Solati
The
Role of Self-Compassion Factors in Predicting
the Marital Satisfaction of Staff at Kermanshah
University of Medical Sciences
DOI:10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93020
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Parisa Janjani, Lida Haghnazari, Farahnaz Keshavarzi,
Alireza Rai
Mediating
role of irrational beliefs in the relationship
between the quality of family communication
and marital satisfaction
DOI:10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93021
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version]
Parisa Janjani, Khodamorad Momeni, Alireza Rai,
Mohammad Reza Saidi
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International Health
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Education
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Clinical
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Adaptive
LASSO Logistic Regression applied on gene expression
of prostate cancer
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93028
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Amir Hossein Hashemian, Maryam Ghobadi Asl,
Soodeh Shahsavari, Mansour Rezaei,
Hadi Raeisi Shahraki
The
prevalence of brain and neck injuries in patients
with maxillofacial fractures in teaching hospitals
of Rasht in 2016
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93029
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version]
Seyed Mohammad Talebzadeh, Ali Khalighi Sigaroudi,
Babak Alijani, Safa Motevasseli,
Saied Dashtyari, Mahsa Shariati, Zeinab Davoudmanesh
Cultural
competency: a concept analysis in TUMS (Tehran
University of Medical Science) DOI:
10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93030
[pdf version]
Foruzan Khatamidoost, Mandana Shirazy, Hamid
Khankeh, Nemat Allah Musapour
Majid Sadeghi, Kamran Soltani Arabshahi
The
Effect of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
(PNF) on Activities of Daily Living of client
with Cerebrovascular accident
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93031
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version]
Najafi Doulatabad Shahla, Afrasiabifar Ardashir,
Parandvar Yaghoub
Evaluation
of the ratio of T helper 17 and T regulatory
cells in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2017.93032
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version]
Hossein Shahriari, Farahzad Jabbari, Seyyed
Abdolrahim Rezaee, Houshang Rafatpanah
Majid Jafari, Reza Farid Hosseini, Majid Asadi-Samani
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How to prepare a poster
for a scientific presentation
Maryam
Rezaeian (1)
Mahsa Rezaeian (2)
Mohsen Rezaeian (3,4)
(1) Department of Audiology. School of Rehabilitation
Sciences,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
Tehran, Iran.
(2) Department of Civil Engineering. School
of Engineering,
Besat Institute of Higher Education, Kerman,
Iran.
(3) Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department,
Rafsanjan Medical School,
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan,
Iran.
(4) Occupational Environmental Research Center,
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan,
Iran.
Correspondence:
Professor Mohsen Rezaeian
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department,
Rafsanjan Medical School,
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences,
Rafsanjan, Iran.
Tel: +98-3434331315,
Email: moeygmr2@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract
There are several
different ways for presenting research
results. Writing and publishing an article
is often the best format for such presentation,
however other methods such as presenting
the results in a scientific gathering/meeting
can also be suitable. Usually there are
two different forms of such a presentation:
firstly, through a short scientific talk
and secondly, by designing a poster. The
chief aim of the present article is to
provide readers with some practical guidelines
on how to prepare a well-designed/attractive
poster as a proxy for a research paper.
Key words:
Poster preparation, Scientific presentation,
Scientific meeting
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There are several different ways for presenting
research results. Writing and publishing an
article is often the best format for such presentation,
however other methods such as presenting the
results in a scientific gathering/meeting can
also be suitable. Usually there are two different
forms of such a presentation: firstly, through
a short scientific talk and secondly, by designing
a poster (1).
Delivering a scientific talk has its own advantages
and needs planning and preparation (2-4). Similarly,
designing a scientific poster has its own advantages
and also needs its own planning and preparation
(5-7).
Evidence suggests that in a scientific gathering
people tend to pay more attention to a scientific
talk rather than poster presentation (8). On
the other hand, since presenting a poster is
more relaxing than giving a talk in front of
a large audience (9) it seems that poster presentation
may best suit novice researchers and/or students
who would like to present their results for
the first time.
The other major advantage of a poster presentation
is that posters tend to stay on display throughout
a conference, symposium etc. for a whole day.
Whereas a scientific talk takes place at a particular
time and not everyone may be available to attend
at that time. Besides, often there are concurrent
sessions at conferences so you can only attend
one of them at a particular time.
It should be noted that at some conferences posters
are only static displays and the designer/author
does not attend. Under such circumstances the
poster becomes their ‘representative’
and is a cost effective way of being involved
in a conference. However, poster presentation
in some other countries e.g. Iran is the only
way to get funding in order to attend a scientific
meeting (10).
If one follows some practical guidelines and
prepares a well-designed/attractive poster that
will increase the likelihood of their poster
being displayed. Therefore, the aim of the present
article is to provide readers with practical
guidelines on how to prepare a well-designed
poster.
Practical guidelines for preparing a well-designed
scientific poster
1. As the first practical guideline it is
worth emphasizing that like any other types
of scientific presentation, you should decide
to design a poster only if you have a new finding/message
to deliver.
2. Whenever you have a new finding that
might be selected to be presented in a poster
format, the first and the foremost important
step is to select a title that accurately says
at a glance what your poster is about. The title
should be presented attractively and legibly
from a distance. Remember that only by an eye-catching
title will you be able to make people stop by
your poster and start reading it. The authors
name and their affiliations should appear immediately
after the title (Figure 1).
3. Including an abstract within your
poster depends on the decision of the organizing
committee of the scientific gathering. If an
abstract is needed you should prepare a short
but comprehensive one and put it in the upper
left corner of your poster (11). Personally
we do not think that an abstract is needed since
the poster by itself should be designed very
concisely. Instead we suggest that during the
poster session you should provide reprints of
your abstract plus your business card that attendees
will be able to pick up if they wish.
4. After the title and details of the
authors continue with a very short introduction
followed by the essence of your Methods. Then
present your findings using appropriate visual
aids (See also the next two points). Continue
with a brief but thoughtful Discussion and a
clear but short Conclusion. Finish your poster
with brief Acknowledgments followed by the list
of very few but most relevant of your References
(Figure 1).
5. As mentioned earlier and since people
have a very short time to read your poster you
have to design it purposefully, precisely, and
attractively. Therefore, avoid too much text.
Instead use charts, tables, diagrams, maps and
pictures where they can better display the information
at a glance. It is also suggested that you should
reduce the number of full sentences and apply
bullet points whenever appropriate especially
within the Methods section (12).
6. You should also remember that using
visual aids to display your findings depends
on the nature of your data. For example, if
you are going to present the geographical distribution
of a phenomenon it would be wise to present
the data in map rather than a table or chart
(13). Similarly, if you are going to present
the time trend of a phenomenon it would be much
better to use a diagram rather than a table.
7. The size of the poster is always
a vital issue. Usually the organizing committee
will notify you about the preferred size of
your poster. However, it would be worth remembering
that a poster is usually designed as 120 cm
wide and 90 cm tall (9) (Figure 1).
8. It is vital to present your text
and visual aids using appropriate and attractive
font type, font size and colors. A balanced
fitting of text, color, and graphics will catch
the attention of more people (14). It is suggested
that headings should be in bold, 36-point type
whilst the rest of the text should be no smaller
than 24-point type (12).
9. It is worth emphasizing that there
is software available which might help you to
design an imaginative poster, including PowerPoint,
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; Microsoft
Publisher and PosterGenius (12).
10. After designing your poster you
should do your best to successfully present
it in your assigned session. Take the necessary
cautions for transportation and mounting it
in the allotted place. Remember that your willingness
to discuss the content of your poster with the
attendees might increase their willingness to
stop by your poster and read it (15).
11. Finally, Figure 1 displays the size,
outline and content of a poster as a proxy for
a research paper. It should be noted that this
poster was designed based on our own research
work that will be published later on. Since
this is a descriptive study, within the poster
we try to essentially say who does what, why,
where, when and how and what are the results
and the public health implications.
Click here for
Figure
1. The size, outline and content of a poster
as a proxy for a research paper
Poster
presentation
may
best
suit
novice
researchers
and/or
students
who
would
like
to
present
their
results
for
the
first
time.
This
article
has
introduced
eleven
practical
guidelines
on
how
to
design
a
successful
poster.
It
is
hoped
that
by
following
these
guidelines
one
can
increase
the
likelihood
of
catching
the
eyes
and
perhaps
the
minds
of
the
attendees
in
a
scientific
gathering.
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