SB2 - Poster Design Research

This research looked at evidence that poster presentations are effective in promoting knowledge transfer. This helped remember the key facts about poster designs, and how they are used to create an impactful final poster design. Here are the notes/quotes taken from the document:

• Poster presentations are common form of presenting health information at confrences and in the community
• Anecdotal evidence within the discipline indicates that health information framed in a poster presentation may be an effective method of knowledge transfer
• Poster presentation achieve success in increasing knowledge, changing attitude, and behaviours when intergrated with a suite of educational interventions
• Although superficial, the graphical design and physical appearance of the poster can be determined its success in promoting knowledge transfer.
• There is no study that directly compares the effectiveness of poster presentations to other educational interventions in acheiveing knowledge transfer. 
• Given their common use within the effectiveness of posters in knowledge as the first step in establishing an evidence base on this topic area. 
• A common barrier encountered in knowledge transfer is a lack of user awareness of the evidence. 
• Posters are designed to give a visual representation of an issue that firstly attracts attention, which may overcome such perceived barriers.
• Layout, colour schemes, framing of info, and readability all influence how effectively the key information can be conveyed to the reader.