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Poster Perfect: How to Create an Effective Poster Presentation

Released on:
November 19, 2025
Expires on:
November 19, 2027
Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nursing professionals, psychologists, social workers, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the management of patients with MS.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this activity, participants should be better able to:

  • Describe elements of poster development including dissemination of project aims, goals, and results via poster
  • Apply this knowledge to creating an effective poster for presentation to a professional audience
Faculty

Marijean Buhse, PhD, NP, MSCN
Stony Brook University School of Nursing
Long Island, NY

Accreditation and Credit Designation

In support of improving patient care, The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians
The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers designates this activity for 1.0 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit.

Psychologists
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP) and the CMSC. The CMSC maintains responsibility for the content of the program. The CMSC designates this activity for 1.0 CE credit.

Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the CMSC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credit.

Statement of Participation for Other Healthcare Professionals

All other health care professionals completing this course will be issued a statement of participation.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Continuing Education, CMSC requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company within the past 24 months. It is the policy of the CMSC to mitigate all relevant financial disclosures from planners, faculty, and other persons that can affect the content of this CE activity. CMSC seeks to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all educational programs and to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CMSC is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of an ineligible company. For this activity, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Faculty Disclosures

Marijean Buhse, PhD, NP, MSCN has disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Staff Disclosures
Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP, served as planner and reviewer and has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. All other staff of the CMSC who are in a position to control content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Method of Participation / How to Receive Credit

In order to successfully complete this activity, participants must:

  1. Read the learning objectives and disclosures.
  2. Study/view the educational content.
  3. Complete the online evaluation form.

To complete the evaluation and claim credit, go to www.highmarksce.com/mscare/

There is no fee to participate in this activity.

Off-Label Disclosure and Disclaimer

This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Learners are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this accredited activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent clinical judgment of a health care professional relative to diagnostic, treatment, or management options for a specific patient’s medical condition. The opinions expressed in the content are solely those of the individual faculty members and do not reflect those of CMSC or any ineligible company.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this activity, please contact the CMSC at [email protected].