Evaluation Form – Poster Session 1
Directions for Judges
1. For each criteria, select a score.
2. You must provide brief feedback at the bottom.
Poster Presentation Judging Rubric
| Level of Achievement | Excellent (3) | Good (2) | Marginal (1) | Inadequate (0) |
| Abstract | Abstract strongly represented the student’s research. Clearly supported topic presented and contained important points. | Abstract adequately presented the student’s research. More information would have been beneficial. | Somewhat able to see connection of abstract to research/presentation. Abstract did not contain sufficient information. | Unable to clearly connect abstract to research poster or presentation. |
| Poster Content | Strong material. Well summarized. Clearly shows development of study or research. Material appears to accurately support purpose of study, hypothesis, or research question. Strong conclusion and implications presented. | The content was adequately presented but support for the study, research hypothesis, or question (s) is somewhat general. Conclusion and implication were reasonable. | Content presented was difficult to understand and did not sufficiently convey a connection to the study, hypothesis, research question(s), method, conclusion, and/or implications. | Connection not found between poster content and purpose of the study, research hypothesis/question(s), method, conclusion, or implications. |
| Research complexity/case appropriate to Trauma | Complex research project. Purpose of the study was completely defined, and results displayed in a manner interpretable by the general audience. | Complex research project. Purpose of the research and results were difficult to interpret by the general audience. | Less complex research project: however, purpose of the study and results easily interpreted by the audience. | Less complex research project. Purpose of the study and analysis of the results not easily interpreted by the audience. |
| Poster Appearance/Clarity | Visually appealing and strongly effective presentation. Ease to read. Utilized creativity in use of fonts, headings, colors, and white space. | Poster was acceptable but could improve effectiveness through better use of space through font size, colors, headings, and white space. | Poster was acceptable but needs work to improve visual appeal through better utilization of fonts, colors, headings, and white space. | Not visually effective. |
| Poster Organization | Topic of the research is clear. Layout of poster is logical and provides sequential information from intro to conclusion and references. | Topic of the research is apparent. The presentation of information could use refining. | Topic of the research is not clear. Information presented is somewhat confusing. | Unable to understand link between information presented and topic of research. |