Medical schools outlook on oral presentation

[ski2021]

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My abstract just got selected for an oral presentation at a national conference. I was wondering what the difference between this and a poster presentation is and how medical schools look at these? (I am a third year premed student)

 

[vrazzles]

Poster > oral presentation

As it's at a national conference, it's still worthy of being listed in your application IMO

 

[narla_hotep]

Poster > oral presentation

As it's at a national conference, it's still worthy of being listed in your application IMO

Wait, is that really what med schools think? Such BS. There are like a million posters at a conference but it's harder to get selected to actually give a talk. Talks trump posters IMO. But either one at a national conference is a cool achievement!

 

[vrazzles]

Wait, is that really what med schools think? Such BS. There are like a million posters at a conference but it's harder to get selected to actually give a talk. Talks trump posters IMO. But either one at a national conference is a cool achievement!

Perhaps you are correct 🙂

 

[Moko]

Oral presentations >> poster presentations. It takes just slightly more than a pulse to get a poster presentation if the research is relevant and sound.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Yeah no. Oral presentations definitely > than posters.

 

[Seihai]

No idea why the guy above posted that posters > oral. In every single setting I've seen, oral presentations are more prized (and typically have a larger captive audience) than a poster presentation.

 

[Lawpy]

Good thing we now agree oral presentations >>> posters. I thought that was already obvious before seeing the thread but good to have that clarified.

 

[vrazzles]

Yep, my mistake guys!

 

[Seihai]

My abstract just got selected for an oral presentation at a national conference. I was wondering what the difference between this and a poster presentation is and how medical schools look at these? (I am a third year premed student)

I literally just realized no one actually answered your question as to what the difference is.

Oral presentations are usually given with a visual aid like a powerpoint and are a talk given to an audience of people who decide to attend. You get a specific time block to give your oral presentation (usually 15-30 minutes, but can be longer depending on the topic, with time at the end for people to ask questions). You'll typically stand at a podium and talk into a microphone. These are usually slightly more impersonal, but have a much larger captive audience of people.

Poster presentations are always given with a poster, and you'll be given a large time block of 1-3 hours where you stand next to your poster and talk to anyone who walks by and seems interested in the topic (after giving them a chance to read the poster). You'll give a short spiel to each of those people and answer their personal questions. These are usually one-on-one or one-on-two/three conversations, depending on how many people show up at a time, and are a bit more personal. You'll be in a room of tens to hundreds of other posters, though, so you'll likely only talk to a few people.

As you only get to present an oral presentation once and usually to a larger audience at one time, they're typically considered more prestigious as only experts/people involved in interesting research that applies to a large proportion of conference-goers tend to be chosen for oral presentations.