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Reinventing the Conference Poster: Increasing Learning, Interaction, and Discussion

Kelly H. Gulley, MPH Candidate 2015Project Coordinator

Brian A. Altman, PhDEducation Director

Hillary A. Craddock, MPHResearch Associate

NCDMPH WebinarMay 19, 20151:00 pm ET#DisasterLearning

Disclaimer

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position

of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Department of Defense, or

the United States Government.

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Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine & Public Health

• The following presentation describes an academic poster strategy that can be used to support competency based learning or practice in disaster health.

• For more information on core competencies in disaster health see the article, “Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.”*

*Citation: Walsh L, Subbaro I, Gebbie K, et al. Core competencies for disaster medicine and public health. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. Mar 2012; 6 (1) 44-52.

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a center of the:

Mission

Lead Federal and coordinate national efforts to develop and propagate core curricula, education, training and research in all-hazards disaster health.

Vision

A Nation of resilient communities with a competent health workforce prepared to respond and mitigate all-hazards disasters.

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The “Origin Story”

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Imagine This!

A poster presentation that:

- Elicits 50+ conversations

- Creates collaborative energy

- Generates repeat visits from attendees

- Enhances learning through attendee participation and discussion

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Innovative Poster Elements

• Large format

• Vibrant colors

• Interactive questions

• Continuum of options

• Sticky notes (optional)

• Pins

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The First Version: Format Preferences

8Poster # 1

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Size: 3.5 ft X 7 ft

Pin Totals: Format Preferences

100 10 20 30 40 50

Curriculum Recommendations

Primer

Knowledge Check

Journal Article

Full Curriculum

Webpage of Resources

Webinar

Online Lesson

Pocket Card

Workshop

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Poster # 1

The Second Version: Training Topic and Format Preferences

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Size: 3.5 ft X 7 ftCBRNE COOP

Poster # 2

Pin Totals: Format Preferences

120 5 10 15 20

Webpage of Resources

Knowledge Check

Pocket Card

Curriculum Recommendations

Fact Sheet

Smartphone App

Webinar

Toolkit

Online Lesson

In-person Learning

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Pin Totals: Topic Preferences

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Building Effective Exercises

17%

Coroner and Mortuary

7%

CBRNE5%

MCI and Surge Capacity

14%Communications

19%

Stakeholder Engagement

17%

Attendee Topic Ideas

from Sticky Notes21%

Poster # 2

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Attendee Topic Ideas from Sticky Notes:

• Continuity of Operations Planning

• Earthquake

• Recovery

• Resource Allocation Decision Tree

• Operational Level Decision Making

• Plan Validation with Respect to Adaptive Capacities

• Incident Command Structure

• Emergency Operations Center Training (esp. for hospitals)

• Vulnerable Populations (homeless, elderly, disabled)

The Third Version

15Poster # 3

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Size: 3.5 ft X 7 ft

Pin Totals: Frequency Preference

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0 5 10 15 20 25

Anytime

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

Once Only

Poster # 3

Pin Totals: Time Preference

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0 5 10 15 20

Continuing Education

Organization Initiated

Just-in-time

Learner Initiated

Formal Education

All Times

After an Event

Poster # 3

Benefits

• In-depth interaction with attendees

• Follow-up conversations

• Feedback on topics presented

• Marketing for your institution

• Fun for presenters and attendees

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Learning Benefits

• Learning oriented conversations among attendees and presenters

• Attendees think aloud about where to place pins, discuss with other attendees, ask questions, and engage with the material to promote meaningful learning*

*Novak, JD. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge. 2nd ed. New York, NY:Routledge;2010.

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Apply this to your work!Step One

• Create your poster using PowerPoint

We are happy to email you any or all of the posters presented today so you can draw

upon them for your work.

[email protected]

Apply this to your work!Step Two

• Think of questions you want to ask conference attendees

– Put them in call out boxes around your main content

– Keep text to a minimum

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How often should disaster health

learning take place?

When do you prefer to engage in disaster health

learning? Tell us! Place a pin in your

ideal learning time.

Apply this to your work!

• Create a continuum or a range of choices applicable to your questions (step two)

–Make it colorful!

–Possible continuum shapes: linear, circular, wave, pyramid, matrix, checker board

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Apply this to your work!Step Four

• Identify and describe options for your continuum (step three)

– Use short phrases to describe each option

– Add in clip art for visual appeal

– Keep text to a minimum

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Apply this to your work!Step Five

• Add in project or institutional specific details as necessary

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Apply this to your work!Step Six

• At the event, encourage attendees to approach your poster using phrases like:–Would you like to put a pin in our poster?

• Engage attendees in discussion about the questions, continuum, and their preferences.

• Promote learning by inviting attendees to consider the poster based on the following factors:–work setting–prior experiences

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Tell us how this method works for you!

Email or call us with interactive poster

success stories!

We love to hear from others about the great work they do!

Please contact Kelly Gulley

via email at

[email protected]

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Thank you!Please visit the NCDMPH Website

for more disaster health related education and training materials:

http://ncdmph.usuhs.edu/

Questions? Please contact:Kelly H. Gulley

[email protected](240) 833 – 4431

PDF’s of the posters can be found here: http://ncdmph.usuhs.edu/ResourceReports/RR2012.htm#rr05

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