How to turn your Cochrane Review into a high quality scientific poster for presentation at meetings

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Webster A1, Owens N2, Pentesco-Gilbert D3
1funding arbiter
2Communications & External Affairs
3Wiley
Abstract
Objectives: To equip participants with key skills to produce high quality Cochrane Review posters for presentation at scientific meetings.

Description: Poster sessions at scientific meetings are a powerful tool in knowledge translation and evidence communication for both researcher and professional healthcare communities. Cochrane authors have the opportunity to use poster sessions to share their work with those attending. Research undertaken by Wiley in 2013 highlighted both real and perceived barriers to submitting to poster sessions for early career researchers. This included a lack of skills in knowledge translation; inexperience in synthesizing work into a poster format and length; and challenges in physical production of a poster.

This workshop will teach participants how to work with templates to create effective posters, so please bring your laptops. Participants are welcome to bring their own poster projects to build during the workshop, or can use real examples from Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Review Group. We will make workshop materials available for download in advance. We will share top tips with participants on how to create a high impact poster and hands-on practice creating and evaluating Cochrane Review posters.

Participants will need to bring a laptop, loaded with Revman and powerpoint. Workshop resources can be downloaded here: https://seoulworkshop.wordpress.com/