Q10 Ch 34+35

Posters/Presentations +

primary benefits of prof/academic conferences

networking, exchanging ideas, learn and share

presenting new research at a conference useful to researcher?

able to get feedback on project before submitting work for review by a journal

types of presentations/addresses/sessions most commonly included in a conference

• plenary sessions (feat keynote addresses)

• concurrent sessions - multiple panels of oral pres held at same time in diff rooms

• poster sessions - attendees mingle while viewing research posters

• exhibitions - attendees visit info displays set up by partner organizations, vendors, other sponsors

• business meetings run by offers of host org

important to indicate willingness to make oral or poster

can increase likelihood that their abstracts will be accepted for conference

oral pres

someone speaking to a group, ~15 min

poster session

designated time during conference when selected researchers display printed placards + expected to be available to talk ab their posters

good health research abstract include

key methods + results + one clear message appropriate to audience expected

general rules regarding abstract submission for a conference

online systems collect apps, or via email

provide title of abstract, names of any coauthors, applicants

individual = coauthor in both journal and conference, must approve test of abstract before submitted

researchers must pay attention to two aspects

how posters created? 2 main methods

1) specialized graphic design software

2) presentation software program - micosft or pptx

general process for presenting poster at a conference

• set up and takedown of poster responsibilirt of presenter

• stand and talk w pass bys

slideshows useful to assist w oral pres

guides talks and provides visual information to audience

best practices for presentation slides

practice, feedback, record yourself

IMRaD

intro, methods. results, discussions

purpose of outlining a paper down to paragraph lvl

allows authors to track progress toward complete manuscript + ensures no crit info is inadvertently omitted

structured abstract

research summary uses subheading - objectives, methods, results, conclusions

unstructured abstract

narrative, no section titles to divide content

purpose of intro section? what info is housed here

provides critical info reader must know prior, has foundational theories, crit terms, contextual info

justifies importance, significance, novelty of new study

details ab process used for data collection/analysis typically housed in the methods section

• identify study design used

• if not listed in intro, list person, lace, time at start of methods

• describes methods used

results section typically begins w

description of stud pop - as number of participants _ demographics of ppl

what comes after a description of study pop

results of quan or qual analysis provided, tables n figures

true or false - tables + figures presented in results section

true

key components of a discussion section

strengths n limitations, conclusions n implications

table

key findings in grid

figure

visual presentation of key findings in form of diagram, flowchart, drawing, map, photograph

graphs

illustration of quant results