Poster Session

Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative Annual Conference (ILPQC)

Monday, November 10, 2014

The second ILPQC Annual Conference will provide an exciting opportunity for ALL hospitals across the state to share a perinatal quality improvement project through a storyboard / poster. Your hospital’s QI work will be showcased during a poster session at our annual meeting and on the ILPQC website to be shared with other perinatal leaders attending the conference and hospitals participating in ILPQC.

Both NICU and OB teams from any hospitalmay share their quality improvement stories, projects, results, and/or lessons learned on any perinatal quality initiative at their hospital (it need not be an ILPQC related initiative). Posters detailing ANY projects in development, current projects, or recently completed projects are welcome!We encourage you to share abstracts from other recent professional or quality conferences.

All interested in presenting a poster must submit an abstractto in an email titled “ILPQC Poster Abstract” byWednesday,October 1, 2014 at 5 pm.Abstracts received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Abstract Guidelines:

The following information must be included with the abstract submission:

  • Poster/project title
  • Hospital name
  • Authors’names or hospital group name, with one primary author/contactnoted
  • Primary author/contact phone number and email address

The abstract outlining the poster must be no more than 300 words, typed, single-spaced, in Arial 11 point font on the accompanying abstract application form and signed by the primary author. In signing the application, the author gives permission to reproduce this abstract/poster as is for the purpose of the 2nd Annual ILPQC Conference. Please organize the abstract with the following headings:

•Problem

•Purpose

•Development of Program

•Implementation

•Evaluation

•Results

Poster Guidelines:

  • At least one author must stand with their poster during the poster session to help facilitate discussion and idea sharing. The poster session will be held from 12:30 – 1:30pm after lunch.
  • Posters must be set up by 10 am and removed by 5 pm. Any remaining posters left after the conference conclusion will be discarded.
  • Please do not include any protected health informationin your poster.
  • Posters must be no larger than48 inches long by 36 inches. Details on displaying your poster at the conference will follow.

Please contact Patti Lee King, ILPQC Project Director at with questions regarding the poster session.

Poster/Abstract Submission Form

Poster/Project Title:

Hospital Name:

______

Author/TeamName(s):

______

Primary Contact Name:

______

Primary Contact Phone:

______

Primary Contact Email:

______

Abstract (no more than 300 words, 11 point Ariel font, single spaced):

Primary Contact Signature: ______

The author gives permission to reproduce this abstract/poster without further consent for the purpose of the 2nd Annual ILPQC Conference