9th Annual Interprofessional Health Showcase
Celebrating student and resident-led research and projects.
The Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education will host its 9th annual Interprofessional Health Showcase on April 16, 2027. Students and residents are invited to share their projects pertaining to person-centered care and/or population health in one of the following categories: research, quality improvement, community engagement, health innovations, or literature review.
Our call for abstracts submission portal will open soon. Stay tuned.
Schedule for April 16, 2027
Award Finalist Oral Presentations Session 1 [9:00a - 10:00a]: Categories TBA
Award Finalist Oral Presentations Session 2 [10:15a - 11:15a]: Categories TBA
Poster Session [12:00p - 1:30p]
Digital Poster Gallery
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Sponsors
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Best Gerontological Poster Award
Award Description
The Best Gerontological Poster Award recognizes a project that demonstrates excellence in research, practice, education, or policy related to aging, older adults, or caregiving. This award was founded by the Luci Baines Johnson and Ian J. Turpin Center for Gerontological Nursing (LBJ/IJT-CGN) at the UT Austin School of Nursing, in partnership with the Center for Health IPE. The winning author(s) will receive a $100 gift card. Read more about this award here.
Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts submission portal will open soon. Stay tuned.
Abstracts are due Sunday, February 7, 2027 by 11:59PM
Authors with accepted abstracts will present their posters on 4/16/2027 at the in-person poster session. If your work is selected as an award finalist, you will present your work at the oral presentation session in addition to presenting at the in-person poster session. The schedule will be announced soon.
Project Requirements
- The first author must be an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student or resident currently enrolled in a UT System institution.
- Qualified projects must focus on advancing person-centered care and/or population health.
- Individual and team submissions are welcomed.
- Projects involving students and residents from more than one profession are strongly encouraged.
- Completed projects are preferred, but projects in progress will be considered.
Submission Categories
- Community Engagement: Projects conducted in partnership with a community organization to improve health and/or well-being for individuals, communities, and populations.
- Quality Improvement: Projects aimed at improving processes that impact health care delivery or outreach in inpatient, outpatient, or community settings.
- Research: Projects involving systematic inquiry to expand knowledge. Includes data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
- Health Innovation: Projects that use a systematic process to develop and evaluate new products, technologies, or educational tools that enhance health or health care.
- Literature Review: Projects that provides a critical summary and synthesis of existing scholarly sources on a specific topic that maps out current knowledge, highlights trends, and identifies research gaps
Peer-Review and Poster Awards
Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of interprofessional faculty and staff. Abstract scores will determine award finalists for selected award categories.
Abstract Submission Instructions
Authorship
- Who can be an author? The first author must be a student or resident currently enrolled in a UT System institution. Other students, faculty, clinicians, and/or community partners can be listed as additional authors if they were integral to and/or had an active role in the project. Please consult with your supervising faculty regarding authorship.
- What will be the order of authorship? The order matters. Please list the order of authorship as agreed upon by your project team. For example, if the team decided the order is based on amount of contribution, the first author would have contributed the most to the project and is the one leading the abstract submission. If your faculty will be listed as an author, they are often the last author, indicating a senior author role. The preference for order of authorship also may differ by profession. Please consult with your supervising faculty regarding authorship.
- Author communication. The 1st author is the primary contact for all communications and is responsible for sharing information about abstract acceptance and poster presentation with their team.
Required Sections
Your abstract must include these sections:
- Background: Explain the context and rationale for your work. Why is it important? For case studies: briefly state the purpose and merit, and highlight supporting literature.
- Objectives: State what your project aimed to achieve.
- Methods: Describe what you did and how you did it. Do not include results here.
- Examples: data collection and analysis methods, tool development process, or literature search strategy.
- For case studies: briefly describe the case.
- Outcomes: Present your findings or project deliverables (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, educational materials, innovative products).
- For literature/systematic reviews: Summarize key findings.
- For case studies: Include patient outcomes.
- Conclusion: Summarize key points and lessons learned.
References (optional): Cite sources using your profession’s preferred bibliography style.
Format
- Use a san serif font (e.g. arial or calibri); 11 point; 1” margins; single-spaced.
- Write in complete sentences. Please check for correct spelling and syntax.
Word Count
350 words maximum, excluding project title, authors, and references.
Supervising Faculty Approval
Your abstract must be reviewed and approved by your supervising faculty BEFORE submission.
Online Submission
You will enter the following information in the online submission portal (note: the portal will open soon; stay tuned).
Please have this information ready before you start the submission process.
- Names of all authors, their major/profession, and email addresses (see section on “authorship”).
- Names of all supervising faculty and email addresses. If a faculty is also an author, you must enter their information in the author section.
- Type of project (community engagement, quality improvement, research, literature review, or health innovation)
- Whether a faculty supervisor has reviewed and approved the abstract
Poster Guidelines
If your abstract is accepted, you will create, print, and bring your poster to the in-person poster session at the Texas Union Ballroom on 4/16. You will also upload your poster to a digital portal that you may access here. Design your poster using the required dimensions as listed below. Check with your supervising faculty if you have questions about designing and/or printing your poster.
Poster Presentation Information
Click here to read information about presenting your work.
Poster Guidelines and Frames
- Following poster dimension guidelines is essential. View an image of the poster frame and guidelines here.
- Poster frames at UT are metal bars with no backing.
- Posters will be binder clipped to the frame; therefore, having the correct height ensures your poster can be clipped to the bars at the top and bottom.
- Most posters will be hung back-to-back in the frames meaning your poster will be clipped with another poster on the other side.
Required Poster Dimensions
- Vertical (height): must be 42” (see section on “poster frame” below)
- Horizontal (width): must not exceed 72”, which means it can be shorter (e.g., 48”, 60”)
- Your poster will be binder-clipped to a metal frame. See image here.
Poster Tips and Content
Poster Tips
- Create your poster using an app of your choice. Common software/apps that work well for poster development include PowerPoint, Canva, and Google Presentation.
- Choose fonts that are easy to read and make sure text is large. Use of san serif fonts is preferred for content.
- Use tables, graphs, and images to increase appeal. Avoid too many words.
Poster Content: Your poster must have the same sections as your abstract.
- Project title and all authors
- Backround
- Objectives
- Methods
- Findings/outcomes/results (Note: use the header that best fits your project)
- Conclutions and implications
- References, if applicable
- Acknowledgements, including funding, if applicable
Naming and Uploading Your Poster
- Save your poster as a PDF. Use this naming convention: "poster number_last name of 1st author."
- Examples:
- Q-15_Garcia
- C-02_Johnson
- You will receive your poster number after you are notified of acceptance.
- Once you receive your poster number and finish your digital poster, you will upload it to our portal here.
Poster Printing Recommendations
- Check with your faculty advisor about where to print your poster.
- An on-campus printing option is Document Solutions.