%0 Journal Article %T Scientific Posters: A Plea from a Conference Attendee %A Adam M. Persky %J Archive of "American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education". %D 2016 %R 10.5688/ajpe8010162 %X Conferences provide lots of opportunities to learn and poster sessions are supposed to be one of these venues. However, it seems most posters are not designed considering the reader or the venue; they are designed to reflect a potential manuscript. In this commentary, I provide a rationale why posters should be an illustrated abstract and provide some design tips to make the poster more reader friendly based on available research %K posters %K writing %K presentation skills %K communication skills %K professional development %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289718/