Poster Contest
POSTER CONTEST RESULTS
PRINTABLE POSTER GUIDELINES
Print the Poster guidelines HERE
TRADITIONAL POSTER GUIDELINES
- Clear your topic with your supervising athletic trainer.
- The topic must be presented on a standard 22″ x 28″ poster board.
- NO irregular shaped posters will qualify for any judging or student choice award
- The body of the poster text must be TYPED with no less than 250 words and no more than 500 words. Please, do not write this as a paper; it must be in poster lay-out.
- There must be at least two (2) professional publications with a bibliography (MLA format) displayed on the front of the poster to support the information researched for the topic.
- The poster must contain at least three graphics (photos, graphs, or charts).
- The text and graphics (drawings are acceptable) must be glued or taped to the poster (no staples).
- Place authors name, school, category and word count on the BACK of the poster.
- Posters who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be judged; but will be displayed.
- Professional athletic trainers will check in posters at registration.Example of Traditional poster
JUDGING OF THE TRADITIONAL POSTERS
- The posters will be divided into the 4 following categories
1. Upper Extremity Injuries
2. Lower Extremity Injuries
3. Medical Conditions- Like Diabetes, Sickle Cell
4. Miscellaneous
- Anything that doesn’t fit into the above categories: Head, Thorax, concussion etc..
Awards presented to the top 3 in each category
COMPUTER GENERATED POSTERS
- Clear your topic with your supervising athletic trainer.
- The poster must be no larger than 4′ x 6′.
- The text must be typed with no less than 250 and no more than 700 words.
- There must be at least four (4) professional publications with a bibliography (MLA format) displayed on the front of the poster to support the information researched for the topic.
- The poster will consist of one computer printed sheet (no cut & paste, no background or matting)
- Place authors name, school, category (Computer Generated) and word count on the BACK of the poster.
- Posters who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be judged; but will be displayed.
- Professional athletic trainers will check in posters at registration.
Example of Computer Generated Poster
JUDGING OF THE COMPUTER GENERATED POSTERS
- All the posters will be judged together and the top 3 posters in will receive prizes.
*** In order for a student to enter in the Poster Contest, at least one athletic trainer from the student’s school must be a GHATS Member in Good Standing. An exception is made for schools without a school-based AT.