The 2024 Spring Seminar FOEM Competitions will be displayed in an electronic poster format. To help you create your electronic poster presentations we have created some optional templates and other media that may help with your presentation. Additionally we have listed the requirements for presenting at the competition below.

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Accepted Posters will be placed on digital display for a specific time prior to the beginning of the competition. During this time, conference participants will be allowed to view the poster prior to the presentation period.

Each presenter will be assigned a (5) minute time frame in which they will present their poster to an audience of physicians and their peers. Posters will be digitally displayed in an interactive forum with a variety of presenters presenting simultaneously. Presenters will be expected to present their poster and answer questions multiple times within their presentation time frame. Judges will make rounds to each poster presenter in the room and judge the presenter on the poster content and presentation. At the end of the presentations, judges will adjourn to discuss their grading of the posters.

PDF’s for the winning posters will be placed on the foundations website for period of time and recognition will be placed on the website and noted to the winner’s institution.

POSTER FORMAT

Posters must be supplied as a one-page PowerPoint presentation in widescreen (16:9) orientation. No physical posters should be printed or transported, as FOEM competitions are 100% digital.

1. An introduction explaining the question, problem or treatment on which the research was based.
2. The investigative methods utilized.
3. Data, tables and figures validating and supporting the research findings.
4. Discussion of the research findings.
5. References

Posters not meeting these criteria will have points deducted at the time of judging.

RESEARCH POSTER AWARDS

Students/residents and faculty will be judged in 2 separate tracks, and only the top three students/residents presenters will receive monetary awards. Additionally, all presenters will receive paid admission to the Foundation’s Gala (held at the ACOEP Spring Seminar) at which time they will receive an acknowledgment denoting their winning status. Travel expenses will not be provided for this function. Monetary awards are limited to ACOEP member participants.

• 1st Place – $500
• 2nd Place – $250
• 3rd Place – $125

The top three student/resident poster presenters will also receive a written certificate, suitable for framing, from the Foundation.

Abstracts from the poster presentations will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, e.g., WestJEM, JAOA, or the ACOEP’s quarterly publication, The Pulse. While the Foundation cannot ensure publication, we will endeavor to have these published. If you wish to withhold your abstract from publication, you must notify FOEM in writing.