Poster Presentations: A Presenting Opportunity in Conferences for Medical Students

Presenting research findings in conferences develops scientific bilities in early career scientists, facilitates early dissemination of information and provides opportunities for learning different research approaches. A participant can learn about unpublished research which stimulates ideas much before the article goes through lengthy process of publication. Critical feedback and comments from peers might help in the process of improving a developing manuscript. Conferences provide a platform to build one’s network and meet global leaders and new collaborators in one’s field. For early career residents and fellows, this can improve the chance of getting long term mentorship that results in overall betterment of career development by various means like getting good opportunities to get into fellowship or early faculty jobs.