Management
General “tips” to help get started with the poster
Introduction
x Include an introductory statement about the topic (interest the reader)
x Identify the research problem and why it is important to research the topic (the “what” and
the “why”
x Introduce your assumptions about the problem
x Clearly state you research question
Methods
x The method relates to how you searched for your articles
x To find literature to explore the research question the following databases were searched;
CINAHL, PubMed… The search strategy in Table 1 below…(the search strategy is the PICO or
PICo table that we worked on in class (workshop 4); this must be included on your poster)
x Articles were retrieved….
Results
x What type of research articles did you use; e.g. 3 quantitative and 2 qualitative research
articles?
x The results are the key concepts/data that can be used to respond to your research question
x You may choose as part of your results to include a concept matrix which summaries
information across the articles
x You may choose to include some data/quotes from you articles
Discussion
x The discussion represents your analysis of the results; how do the results inform your
research question
x Discuss the r