Name of Presentation: Arial 72 pt.

Presenter Name, Associates, and Collaborators

Department name, KU School of Medicine–Wichita: Arial 48 pt.

Typical parts of a poster How large should the fonts be?

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• Title 72 pt
Title
• Authors and affiliations
• Introduction
• Goals (optional) • Section heading 48 pt
• Methods • Figure heading 30 pt
• Results • General text 28 pt
• Conclusions • Text for labels 20 pt
• Future directions (optional)
• References (optional)
• Acknowledgements

Tips for readable posters

Introduction • Use dark text on a light background
Gets the viewers interested, brings them up to speed. Puts • Avoid garish colors and complicated
your work in context of what is known. Justifies model system • backgrounds
and approach. Ends with a clear statement of specific • Use one font and style for the whole
goals or hypothesis. • poster
• Leave space between columns
• Try to use bullet points and pictures instead of text
• Label figures clearly
Methods Conclusion
• As brief as possible • Use bullet points to highlight major findings
• Use graphics and flow charts rather than text • Consider displaying a model
• No need to describe basic methods • Possible to use summary paragraph or summary bullet
points instead
Common Mistakes
• Too much material
Results • Too much text – Limit the word count to 250 to 350 words.
• Include only a few key figures or tables Future Directions • Poor layout
• Figures should have title that summarizes results • Optional section • Blocks of text longer than 10 sentences
• Figures should be large, clearly labeled, easy to • Use bullet points • Waiting until last minute to print
understand without a long legend • Be brief • Neglecting to prepare your presentation