GUIDELINES FOR POSTER PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION

Guidelines for Poster Presentation Finalists

  • The poster presentation and judging will take place on Friday, 03 March 2023 at 4 PM in Padang Room, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.
  • The authors of the abstracts qualified for poster presentation will be notified via email and are required to confirm participation within 1 week from notification. Failure to confirm may result in disqualification, forfeiture, or withdrawal of any award, at the organiser’s sole discretion.
  • All presenters need to register for a 2-day F2F pass to the Conference and attend the Conference dinner on 03 March 2023.
  • Instructions for onsite speaker registration and poster set-up will be sent via email on a later date.
  • All posters must be in English. Poster presentation to the jurors will consist of 3 min of presentation and 2 min of Q&A.
  • The main author or one of the co-authors must be present for the poster presentation. If the author or co-author is absent, no score will be given by the jurors.
  • All posters must be in A0 size (84.1cm × 118.9cm or 33.1” x 46.8”) and in landscape format.
  • The poster should include the following:
    • Introduction/rationale for conduct of study
    • Methods
    • Results (Tables and figures should be concise and appropriately labelled)
    • Discussion and conclusion
    • Potential for translation to clinical practice, if relevant
    • Acknowledgement and declaration of sponsorship, if relevant
    • References are optional: restrict to only key references
  • Ensure appropriate font size such that the audience is able to read the poster content from a distance of up to 1m.
  • Consider the provision of A4 handouts containing essential elements of your poster content to the audience. It should contain your contact details for further deliberation of your study and for mutual interaction and networking to promote Family Medicine and Primary Care research.
  • In addition, poster presenters must prepare an e-poster using PowerPoint in landscape layout (16:9) and save it as a PDF file. This will be posted on the SPCC website.
  • All poster presentations will be judged and compete for the Conference Awards.
  • You will be required to stand by your poster to respond to queries by a panel of appointed jurors.
  • Decision by the panel of judges on the awards will be final. Awardees will be informed of the prizes by email/SMS, so that they can collect the prizes at the award ceremony.