Introduction
The final presentation of the scholarly project provides the student with an opportunity to meet with peers and faculty in a professional forum to communicate the scholarly project process and the results of the evidence-based practice change. The final scholarly project paper serves as a resource for the future dissemination of findings and related evidence-based projects.
Objectives
Upon completion of the module, the student will be able to:
• Demonstrate effective and scholarly presentation skills.
• Present the final scholarly project to the Chair, faculty, and colleagues.
Readings
• Zaccagnini and White (2017): Chapter 10
Presentation of Content
The format for content of the presentation is similar to that for publishing research papers and should follow a logical sequence as outlined by the source organizing the presentation. A presentation of research content usually includes:
Introduction/Background
• The focus of this section is to emphasize the significance of the project, the prevalence of the problem, and the need for the research.
Objectives
• States the focus of the study and should be brief.
Design/Methods
• Briefness is key in this section.
Data Analysis
• Concise in terms of listing analyses conducted.
Study Findings
• Limit text explanation, use graphs or tables to emphasize results.
Conclusions
• Brief statements related to the most significant findings and the clinical implications for practice.
Acknowledgement
• If applicable recognize names of other colleagues on the project and/or funding source.
Modules 13-16
Preparing a Poster
Uchenna I
Posters are a common way to present results of statistical analysis, program evaluation, or project at professional conferences (Arslan, Tastekin, Basaran, & Bozcuk, 2014). Posters efficiently communicate concepts and data to an audience using a combination of visuals (tables, pictures, and charts) and text. In a poster presentation, the presenter aims to convey the scientific results of his/her study in a short, concise, striking, and clear way. The process involved in preparing my poster presentation was made more accessible by the meticulous steps provided under the table of content- poster presentation criteria of our syllabus. This poster is a 48 x36 inches tri-fold poster spaced at 1 inch.
The Introduction presents the background and the purpose of the research (Gundogan, Kushy, Kurar, & Whitehurst, 2016). The background information typically consists of a statement summarizing the current knowledge in an area, what knowledge is missing, and how this research project addresses the knowledge gap (Arslan, T, Tastekin, Basaran, & Bozcuk, 2014). The Methods section addresses the following areas: research design, research setting, number of patients enrolled in the study, and how they were selected. The Methods section includes a description of the intervention (if appropriate), a report of the outcome variables and how they were measured, and the method of statistical analysis (Gundogan, Kushy, Kurar, & Whitehurst, 2016). The Results section includes quantitative data. It contains the frequencies of the most important outcome variables. Numerical results include standard deviations, or 95% confidence limits, and the level of statistical significance should be indicated.
It was a challenging but doable task to reduce clutter by limiting the poster to a few main ideas. The colors used were kept simple — the words composed of upper and lower cases, and two different fonts were used for the poster. The color was to highlight the various sections.
References
Arslan, D., T, K., Tastekin, D., Basaran, H., & Bozcuk, H. (2014). Impact of poster presentations on academic knowledge transfer from the oncologist Perspective in Turkey. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 7707-7711.
Gundogan, B., Kushy, K., Kurar, L., & Whitehurst, K. (2016). How to make an academic poster. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 69-71.
Miller, J. E. (2007). Preparing and presenting effective research posters. Health Services Research, 311–328.
Tracy H
The problem statement for this scholarly project practice change is: How Does Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training in Home Dialysis Affect Nursing Knowledge Competency. In preparing the poster presentation, the initial process was to understand the instructions given to create the poster in the right format. Working in a PowerPoint platform, ensuring the format and design given is key to the success of the poster presentation (Erren & Bourne, 2007). Also making sure all of the elements of the poster is captured with making sure the spacing of the information is not cluttered. A professional poster is a way to disseminate and present one’s scholarly work (Gray, Grove, & Sutherland, 2017). It is also a way to present the scholarly work in its entirety, a clear, succinct manner.
In creating the poster for this scholarly project, the following attributes were applied, and a high-level overview was provided:
• PICO
• Introduction to problem
• Significance of the problem
• Methodology
• Results
• Conclusion
The information from each of these topics was gathered from the scholarly paper to ensure accuracy and synergies throughout the poster. Gray, Grove, & Sutherland (2017), suggest that the poster presentation is a visual presentation of scholarly work. This author looked at the specific topics and created bullet points to represent the material for the poster.
Erren & Bourne, (2007), describes ten rules for creating a poster presentation, and seven of the rules was also used to reflect upon while creating the poster presentation.
• Understand the purpose of the presentation
• When creating the poster, be able to sell it within ten seconds
• Make sure the title is appropriate to elicit interest
• Apply the same rules for writing a good paper
• Layout of the poster is critical
• Content is important maintaining conciseness
• The poster should represent one’s personality