SSM: Poster Presentation

College of Medical and Dental Sciences
Special Study Module: Conference Poster 2010-11
Supervisor Guidelines
Aims and learning objectives
The aim of this project is for students to undertake an audit or service
evaluation in a clinical setting and to present the audit and its outcome as a
conference style poster.
The poster is summatively assessed and students are required to achieve a
pass before entering the final year of the MBChB.
Presentations will take place on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 March 2011
The audit/service evaluation should be meet a real need
Although the primary purpose of this project is educational, it is clearly
beneficial (both to the students and to you) if the audit they undertake is
meaningful: i.e. meets a real need.
Supervisors are therefore asked to identify one or more aspects of service
provision that could usefully be audited or evaluated and which are
appropriate to be carried out by students. Where more than one audit is
offered to a student / pair of students, they will choose which one to
undertake.
Students are required to submit a 200 word abstract to the MBChB Office by
Thursday 6 January 2011.
Approval & access
Different Trusts have varying requirements for approval of audits prior to their
being undertaken and varying requirements for access to records.
Supervisors are asked to facilitate student applications for approval and
student access to records.
Supervisor support
The students should be expected to undertake the detailed work required for
the audit and to take the major role in drawing and presenting conclusions,
However, it is important to remember that they are inexperienced and they
(and the audit) will benefit from an opportunity to discuss their ideas with you.
Supervisors may therefore expect to meet with the student(s) on at least three
occasions to discuss:
the structure of the audit / service evaluation and the criteria against which
the service is being measured;
the findings of the audit /service evaluation and the conclusions that can be
drawn;
the presentation of audit and its outcome in the form of a conference poster.
In all of these aspects, although students will benefit from your guidance, it is
important that they motivate themselves to engage intellectually with the issues and
undertake the work professionally and with enthusiasm.
M4-SSP-Y10
Supervisor Guidelines

If it is feasible and you feel it is appropriate, you can expect the students to present
the audit to the medical team / staff in the Unit
Presentation and Assessment
Presentations take place on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 March 2011.
Students are required to give a 10 minute presentation on their poster and will be
assessed on the basis of the poster, the verbal presentation and their ability to
answer assessor questions. The formal assessment of poster presentations will be
based on:
1. the quality and clarity of the poster presentation (30%)
2. the relevance, originality and correctness of the subject matter (30%)
3. the ability of the student(s) to explain and defend their findings (40%)
Students are required to obtain an overall mark of 50 to pass the module.
M4-SSP-Y10
Supervisor Guidelines