POSTER GUIDELINES

When submitting a poster, you will need to state if it will be a Research Poster or a Creative Poster using the criteria below.

Poster Specifications

Size: Posters must fit on a poster board that is 4 feet wide by 4 feet high (make your poster slightly smaller).

Resources to Guide Poster Creation: Posters are not a vehicle for displaying a complete manuscript. They succinctly summarize 2-3 key concepts.

Readability: Ensure that fonts are large enough so participants can read the pertinent points standing 5 feet away.

Handouts: You may distribute a handout summarizing your poster. However, that is your choice and responsibility. Conference organizers will not duplicate or distribute any handout materials beyond the abstracts that will be printed in the Medline-listed Journal of Cancer Education Supplement.

Judging: All posters will be judged during the Poster/Exhibit Reception by members of the leadership.

Prizes: The lead authors of the 3 best posters will receive certificates and cash prizes at the final plenary of the conference. First Prize = $300, Second Prize = $200, Third Prize = $100. The decisions of the judges are final.

Special Needs: If you have special needs to accompany your poster, e.g. audio-visual equipment, please contact Maureen Helinski Clarke, Program Manager at mhelinski@ucsd.edu before September 1, 2011. There will be an additional charge to you for this service.

Research Poster

A Research poster may focus on any aspect of cancer education. The research can be original or replicated studies. Abstracts should describe the methods used to carry out the research, identify variables and sample size, identify protocols and instruments used for evaluation, and describe data analysis.

A Research poster abstract must include the following key elements:

  1. A brief title that clearly indicates the nature of the study/procedure. The title is limited to 120 characters including spaces.
  2. The following fields are automatically available and must be filled in:
    • Purpose - What was the intent or goal of the study? What did you want to learn? Limited to 500 characters including spaces.
    • Background/Significance - What was the problem and why was it important? What knowledge are you building on? Limited to 500 characters including spaces.
    • Method - What was your design? What was your sample? What instruments did you use? How were data collected and analyzed? Limited to 700 characters including spaces.
    • Results - What did you find? Limited to 700 characters including spaces.
    • Conclusions - What do your findings mean? Limited to 500 characters including spaces.
  3. Do not use the following features within the abstract text fields as they will not convert:
    • Bullet points
    • Page borders
    • Charts
    • Tables
    • Underlines
    • Indentations
    • Graphs
    • Super/subscript

Please double-check your abstract for typographic and grammatical errors.

Creative Solution Poster

A Creative Solution poster demonstrates practice innovations used by health care and community professionals to solve a difficult, unique, or interesting problem related to cancer care, practice, management, or education. The creative solution must have been implemented with evaluated outcomes.

A Creative Solutions poster abstract must include the following key elements:

  1. A brief title that clearly indicates the nature of the study/procedure. The title is limited to 120 characters including spaces.
  2. Creative Solutions poster abstracts must include the following sections:
    • Purpose – What was the intent/goal of project? What problem is addressed by the creative solution? Limited to 500 characters including spaces.
    • Description – What was the creative solution? How was it developed and implemented? Limited to 1250 characters including spaces.
    • Evaluation and Outcomes – What were the outcomes of the project? How was success measured? Limited to 700 characters including spaces.
  3. Do not use the following features within the abstract text fields as they will not convert:
    • Bullet points
    • Page borders
    • Charts
    • Tables
    • Underlines
    • Indentations
    • Graphs

Please double-check your abstract for typographic and grammatical errors.

submit your abstract

SUBMIT / EDIT YOUR ABSTRACT ONLINE
By May 31, 2011

For technical difficulties submitting an abstract, contact Maureen Helinski Clarke.

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