Judging Criteria for Young Investigator Posters

Pre-meeting Evaluation of Poster (40 points)

1. Background, Rationale and Originality (5 points)

The work presented should constitute a new and original contribution to methods, results or general analysis of the considered scientific question. For studies that involve a methods comparison, the work should include a rigorous and thoughtful analysis of the clinical or scientific context of the technology. The scientific question(s) the investigator has addressed should be clear and the rationale for the described experimentation or analysis must be appropriately focused

2.

Experimental Design (5 points)

Experiments should be well designed and controlled and data rigorously and appropriately analyzed.

3. Validity of Conclusions (15 points)

4. Significance of Findings (15 points)

The described research or analysis should address a problem that is important to the field of Molecular Pathology.

Review at Annual Meeting (60 points)

The poster presentations must be well organized and the work and its conclusions presented in a clearly understandable and compelling manner. In addition, the trainee is expected to describe the research and its conclusions orally while the poster is attended.

1. Quality of Presenter's Oral Presentation of Work (40 points)

2. Clarity of Written Presentation (10 points)

Background or Introduction
Materials & Methods
Results
Conclusions
Appropriate references and acknowledgements

TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 100 Points