Research Poster Competition

TAFP’s Annual Session and Primary Care Summit promotes scholarly activity by family medicine students, residents, and physicians; providing a unique opportunity to share research with the TAFP membership.

The competition is sponsored by the TAFP Foundation. The posters are designed to demonstrate a specific practice-based research activity, an evidenced-based review, or a case report (students only) — with an emphasis on practice-based research. There are required elements for the abstract. Use this document as a guide for your abstract.

Due to the pandemic, the 2020 poster competition was virtual. View the 2020 posters.

Application process:

Eligibility:

• Medical student, resident physician, or physician TAFP/AAFP Member
• Topic must be of value to and within the scope of family medicine

Categories:

1. Primary Research
2. Evidence-based Review
3. Case Report (students only)

Evaluation criteria:

• Relevance to family medicine
• Quality of study design
• Appropriateness of data analysis
• Strong conclusion

Timeline:

• May 27 | Application opens
• August 2 | Application closes
• August 9 | Abstracts sent to reviewers for review #1
• August 30 | Reviewers’ input due back to TAFP
• September 6 | Acceptance decisions go to primary contact
• September 27 | Final poster submission deadline (PDF version)
• October 11 | Final posters and scoring sheets sent to reviewers for review #2
• November 1 | Reviewers’ score sheets due back to TAFP
• November 5 | TAFP notifies participants of scoring results
• November | Poster displays (during ASPCS)

Additional information:

• All research must be completed at the time of application. 
• Each abstract and poster will undergo a review process by family physicians. Applicants whose submissions have been accepted will be notified via email. Accepted entries must then submit PDF versions of their posters for winner determination.
• Of the entries selected for display, the top three residents and top two physicians in both the Primary Research and Evidence-based Review categories and the top two students in all three categories are awarded plaques. In addition, the resident winners receive cash prizes and the overall highest-scoring resident receives funding for travel to a national research conference. 

Questions? Contact Jean Klewitz at jklewitz@tafp.org.