4th Faculty Development Conference
Faculty Development: Affirming Global Connections and Advancing Diversity
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 August 2017
Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Presentation Information for Mounted Poster Presentations
Posters are an important part of the conference and are much valued by participants, as evidenced from the
evaluation forms. In fact it can be more challenging to produce a high-quality poster and present it effectively
than to present a short communication. Posters are a useful method of communicating ideas about new
approaches to education and research, they are mounted throughout the Conference, and many examples of
educational innovation have begun their life as a poster.
To give them even greater value, themed sessions around the poster boards are scheduled in the programme
(available from end July), where a group of presenters will be asked to give a five minute presentation of the
key messages of the poster, followed by a group discussion. Each session will have a Chairperson, who often
has a specific interest in the theme of the session.
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Presenters should be prepared to present at any time between 1030hrs on Saturday 26 August and
1145hrs on Sunday 27 August. We are unable to give a specific day or time of presentation.
Prepare a PORTRAIT poster of maximum size 1 metre wide and 2.5 metres high. If it does not
conform to this maximum size, we regret it may not be possible to mount the poster.
Please bring your poster with you – do not send it to us in advance.
The session to which your poster has been allocated will be indicated in the final programme which
will be on the website https://amee.org/conferences/4th-faculty-development-conference at end
July.
Posters should be mounted on Friday 25 August from 1730-1930 or on Saturday 26 August from 07450830;
Posters will be mounted in the Aula Foyer for viewing throughout the conference;
Please refer to the programme for your presentation time;
A board will be provided, labelled with the poster number, title and authors. Fixing materials will be
provided. Please do not affix posters to any place other than the board to which it has been
allocated, and use only the fixing material provided;
Posters should be taken down on Sunday 27 August between 1230 and 1300 hrs. Posters not
removed by this time will be taken down and may be destroyed;
Each themed group will be allocated a discussion session in the programme which will take place
around the poster boards. Presenters should meet the Chairperson by the poster boards ten minutes
before the scheduled start of the session. All participants are invited to join in. The Chairperson will
lead the group around the boards, each presenter giving a 5 minute presentation to his/her poster.
This will be followed by a short period for questions and discussion. The Chairperson will introduce
each presenter and keep the session to time. Any time at the end of the session could be used for
discussion or for individual viewing. No audio-visual aids, other than the poster, will be available.
In addition to the formal poster presentation session, presenters are encouraged to be available by
their poster at some time during lunch and/or coffee breaks. It is helpful to fix a note to your poster
board indicating when you will be available if anyone wishes to meet with you outside of the
scheduled session. A handout with the key messages of your poster and your contact details is
helpful, and you are encouraged to bring some with you.
Please see ‘Hints on preparing posters for AMEE Conferences’ and ‘AMEE Guide no 40: Creating
Effective Poster Presentations’, by George Hess, Kathryn Tosney, Leon Liegel.
Please look at the AMEE 2012 Poster Example by Monica van de Ridder.
Review Medical Teacher Article – Twelve tips for promoting learning during presentation sin cross
cultural settings.