The 2013 EastWest Eye Conference Poster Session

 

Call for Abstracts

"Optometry and Technology"

 

Optometry students, residents, clinicians, educators, and researchers are all cordially invited to participate in the 2013 EastWest Eye Conference Poster Session. The Theme for this year is "Optometry and Technology.” The title was chosen to emphasize how technology has changed the way Optometrists practice. The purpose of the poster session is to share challenging cases and complex management options with professional colleagues.

Posters should be designed so the reader learns how technology helped diagnose and manage the condition(s) being presented.

Poster presenters will receive complimentary registration and two hours of CE.

 

The Submission Process

The first step is to submit an abstract before the deadline, which is August 2, 2013. If accepted, presenters will be notified by August 9, 2013.

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to DGoedde@optometry.osu.edu. (Specify 2013 EastWest Poster in the subject line.)

Abstracts must include the following information

  1. Title
  2. Author(s) (full names, degrees, and institutional affiliations)
  3. Category: Primary Care, Public Health, Contact Lens, Low Vision, Ocular Disease, Binocular Vision, Optometric Education
  4. Abstract (maximum 400 words) listing Background, Case Discussion, Conclusion
  5. Conflict of interest/Acknowledgement of grant support
  6. Contact information for communicating with author: name, mailing address, phone, fax, email.

 

Guidelines for Preparing Clinical Posters

Please follow these guidelines carefully to have your poster submission considered for presentation at the 2013 EastWest Eye Conference.

Each case will be presented on one 4’ by 8’ horizontal corkboard. The presenter will be responsible for setting up the poster by 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 4. Please bring enough tacks to hang your poster. Posters can either be individual panels mounted on heavy poster board or large roll-up heavy poster paper (laminated is acceptable). Posters consisting of unmounted 8.5”x 11” separate papers are not allowed.

The title, name of presenter(s), and affiliated institution(s) should be at the top of the poster. Text, results of testing, figures, graphs, photographs, fluorescein angiography, visual fields, amsler grids, lab and radiology reports, etc, and discussion/literature review should all be displayed in a logical and self-explanatory manner. A place for comments or handouts can also be incorporated in the poster’s design. Bulleted lists are easier for the reader to navigate than lengthy paragraphs.

NOTE: A residency director, faculty member, or previous poster presenter is a valuable resource in preparing an educational poster.

Posters will be on display from 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 4, until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5. The presenter must be available to discuss the poster Saturday, October 5, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Posters must be removed from the convention center by 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5.