Visual Literacy: Designing and Presenting a Poster

Academic conference posters: Describing visual impression in pharmacy education

“…Some, but not all, journal commentaries suggested extending it to logical organization of posters. 1 , 3 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 20 Of note, although the studied conference organizers had suggested that authors use Persky's contemporary poster-format, 19 , 29 most poster authors at this conference chose otherwise.…”

“…Visual Impression Rubric: Following from modern validity theory, 8 evidence for both content and reliability would provide initial validity evidence for scores from a newly-created visual impression rubric. From a content evidence standpoint, most experts in prior literature highlighted that posters are a visual medium, 1 , 3 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 and empirical research corroborated this. 4 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 Within this reviewed literature, investigators uncovered themes of using graphics , limiting text , and logically organizing the poster layout.…”

Tracing the ‘grey literature’ of poster presentations: a mapping review

“…As well as being used to present information at conferences, posters were being used to evaluate nursing students, as an educational learning experience, and as an educational strategy . Many articles discuss poster compilation and presentation . A book on the subject was produced by Gosling and the topic is included in various future texts on scientific writing and presentation.…”

“…40,41 Many articles discuss poster compilation and presentation. [42][43][44] A book on the subject was produced by Gosling 45 and the topic is included in various future texts on scientific writing and presentation. Additionally, there is work that looks at evaluating research posters, 46 the quality of conference presented research, 16 and the first mentions of electronic posters.…”

Creating a Professional Poster Presentation: Focus on Nurse Practitioners

“…A number of poster guidelines suggest that the title should be simple, yet informative (Duchin & Sherwood, 1990; Kennedy, 2001; Morin, 1996; Murray, Thow, & Strachan, 1998; Sherbinski & Stroup, 1992). Therefore, a short, precise title that utilizes lettering visible from as far away as 20 feet is essential (Morin).…”