Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference

The 2020 Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference (WPRC) will be held concurrently with the PSW Educational Conference on Thursday, April 2 – Friday, April 3, 2020. As part of the PSW Educational Conference and WPRC, residents have the opportunity to present a Platform Presentation. Resident Platform Presentations will be held throughout the conference. PSW is designing special general sessions as well as a residency reception with directors, preceptors, and residents in mind.

Important Dates

• Approx. December 1, 2019: abstract submission information posted on this conference website
• January 1, 2020: Educational Conference registration will open
• January 17, 2020: final WPRC Platform Presentation abstract due
• January 17, 2020: poster abstract due (optional)
• February 11, 2020: WPRC Platform Presentation presenters notified
• March 12, 2020: Early bird rates for Educational Conference end

On or around February 11: Residents presenting a Platform Presentation or a Platform and Poster Presentation will be notified of their abstract status. Please follow the instructions below to access your presentation assignments for your onsite presentation(s).

• Open the PSW app and "check-in" to the PSW Educational Conference
• Under the navigation menu, select "Speakers"
• Use the search function to find your name
• Tap on your name and then tap on the WPRC Session listed
• This session indicates the date, time, and room location of your assigned Platform Presentation Session

Educational Conference registration is required for all residents, preceptors, and residency program directors attending WPRC programming. No exceptions. Registration for the conference will be open January 1, 2020. Early-bird rates end March 12, 2020. PSW has negotiated preferred pricing at a number of nearby hotels. A list of these conference hotels is available on the Educational Conference website.

During the Educational Conference, WPRC platform presentations will occur April 2 and April 3 with one session for highlighting the STAR research podium sessions. The WPRC Planning Committee will designate several Platform Presentations as STAR presentations. STAR presentations will be selected based upon criteria such as innovation and robust data/results. Presentations that have been designated as STAR presentations will be noted in the PSW conference app. Presenters will be notified of their STAR status with their abstract acceptance/scheduling communication.

This schedule is subject to change. A final schedule will be available on or after February 11, 2020.

Residents giving a Platform Presentation will be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes for their presentation, but must provide a minimum of 12 minutes of content. Each Platform Presentation session will be 1 hour long and structured as follows:

• Three 15 minute Platform Presentations by three residents
• No more than 3 minutes for audience questions will immediately follow each resident's presentation
• No more than 5 minutes for formal feedback by evaluator(s), both verbal and written

When creating your Platform Presentation you must utilize the PowerPoint template provided as the presentation medium. The template includes all required components of the presentation. You may add additional slides if needed. Residents are responsible for bringing their slides on a USB/flash drive to their presentation. Slides do not need to be submitted in advance.

CE will be available for all Platform Presentation sessions. Therefore residents will be required to submit at least one learning objective and at least one learning assessment question, and will be required to complete a disclosure statement.

The PSW Educational Conference/WPRC Poster Sessions are scheduled for Thursday, April 2 and Friday April 3 from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm. For residents who would like to present a poster in addition to the Platform Presentation, please follow the guidelines below:

Residents presenting posters will be assigned a number corresponding to a freestanding display board with a usable surface of 4 x 8 feet horizontal. Poster presenters will be assigned a presentation day - either April 2 or April 3. Due to the number of posters presented, we can not accommodate requests for specific presentation days. Residents will be furnished with a display board, but will be responsible for providing other items such as tacks, handout materials, etc.

Posters must be professional in appearance, provide project information such as title and authors, abstract components (objectives, methods, results and conclusions), and charts and figures as necessary.

An effective poster presentation is not just a report or journal article hung on the wall. It should highlight the major points of the topic in a form that the viewer can absorb in a few minutes. Do not reproduce full pages of typed text as they are difficult to read. Posters should include short phrases, statements set off with bullets and clear graphics. The viewer should come away with some new knowledge or insights.

Tips

• Keep text brief
• Do not use all capital letters for text as they are harder to read than upper and lower case
• Use graphics (charts, tables, pictures) that can be understood in a minute or less
• Emphasize important information using color, different type sizes, etc.
• Too many colors or fonts can be distracting
• Assume that people will be looking at your poster from about 2 feet away and design it to be read from that distance