Illinois Society for Respiratory Care
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(AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESPIRATORY CARE)

ATTENTION

Respiratory Therapist Students!!
2010 Betty Pendgraft Poster Contest

Calling all Illinois Respiratory Therapist students!!!! Here is your chance to gain recognition at the Illinois State Respiratory Care Conference and get in free for three days! Two top winners will receive a scholarship to cover the cost of taking the NBRC registry exams! This prize is worth $390.00!

The ISRC invites you to become a part of the excitement at the 2010 ISRC Conference at Drury Lane Conference Center, Oakbrook, Illinois on June 9-11th, 2010 by submitting a poster presentation on any area of respiratory care.

The POSTER PRESENTATION is your opportunity to:

Your program director or clinical director can submit your name and poster title online! Submit your abstract through your program director and the program director will contact Kelly Crawford-Jones, MS, RRT for questions please contact kcrawfordjones@icc.edu

Deadline is May 15th, 2010

Topics for the posters may include:

Topic ideas may include aspects of adult acute care, continuing care/rehabilitation, perinatology/pediatrics, cardiopulmonary technology, or any respiratory therapy related health care delivery. Your topic is part of the judging, so be creative; attract attention!

Essential Content Elements:

Study posters must include:

  1. Title

  2. A short paper (less than 500 words) with a title page that spells out the basis for your poster and includes the latest research or clinical practices that support the topic.

  3. References

  4. Visuals that relate to the topic

Poster Submission Guidelines

  1. Posters must be written and presented in English.

  2. The first line of the poster title page should be the title in all capital letters; the title should explain content and contain no abbreviations.

  3. Follow the title with the name of the student, college, and location; underline the presenter's name.

  4. Standard abbreviations may be employed in the text of the abstract without explanation; new or infrequently used abbreviations should be spelled out on first use and followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

  5. Use generic names only for drugs, if used; proprietary names may not be used.

  6. Total word count for the presentation may not exceed 500 words. This does not include the title, picture captions or authors.

  7. All components of the poster must be able to fit on a standard three-fold presentation poster board.

  8. A maximum of two posters from each Illinois NBRC accredited respiratory therapy school allowed.

  9. Each poster must be approved by the school's program director or director of clinical education.

  10. The mandatory submission deadline is May 15th.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

  1. Commercial logos are prohibited from appearing on the poster.

  2. Authors are expected to arrive on time for their presentation and stand near their poster during the open forum judging on Thursday, June 10th from 11:30-12:00.

  3. Admission to the conference will be free to any student who is a member of the AARC and is picked for presentation.

For questions for additional information contact: