Want to participate in the Missouri Poster Competition but not sure where to begin?
​National ACP has a Guide for Preparing for an Abstract Competition. 
​Details for the Missouri competition are below.
​Judging criteria for review is available here. 

Residents

Students

The Missouri Chapter of the ACP will have its annual Residents Poster Contest in person in 2025. We have room for 80 Resident posters. All posters must be internal medicine specific and presenters must be Missouri ACP members.
 
All entries must be submitted through your Residency Program Director. If you are interested, please speak with your Program Director.  Individual submissions are not accepted. Submissions not focused on Internal Medicine or IM subspecialty will not be accepted.

View a complete list of poster contest rules.

Abstract Competition - Extra Entries
This year we will NOT be holding an abstract competition in advance of the poster competition. To fill any empty slots, we will accept 5 additional poster submissions in rank order. Based on the number of open spots still available after the allocated spots have been filled, we will fill the open spots one at a time from each program's additional submissions until all slots are filled. Please list your additional entries in order of preference when submitting. 

Programs will still use their own process to select posters for submission to the MO ACP competition. Programs will then provide MO ACP with their poster allocation list, and may also submit the 5 additional posters.  


2025 Important Dates/Timeline:

• August 15 - Names for poster competition due to Missouri ACP.
• August 15 - Names of additional entries, in order of preference, due to Missouri ACP. 
• August 22 - All contestants to fill the extra slots in the poster contest poster will be notified and entered in the featured poster competition. 
• September 13 - Poster competition at Missouri ACP Scientific Meeting at Margaritaville Lake Resort, Osage Beach, MO.
• Winning posters will be recognized during the Doctor's Dilemma game.

2025 Poster allocation:
5     Mercy
12    MU
14    SLU
7      St Luke's
5      St Mary's
11     UMKC
26    Wash U
80   Total resident posters allocated
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The Missouri Chapter of the ACP will have its annual Student Poster Contest in person. We have room for 20 Student posters (5 from each medical school). Additional spots can be created for Osteopathic Medical School participants. All posters must be internal medicine specific and presenters must be Missouri ACP members.

Entries are only accepted from Clerkship Directors who will submit the school's allotted entries to the Missouri ACP Poster Contest. If you are interested, please speak with your Clerkship Director. Individual submissions not submitted by a Clerkship Director will not be accepted.

All poster presenters must be members of the Missouri Chapter of the ACP.  We will decline entries from non-members who may be ACP members in another state. ​Submissions not focused on Internal Medicine or IM subspecialty will not be accepted.
More information is at Poster Rules.


2025 Important Dates/Timeline:

• August 15 - Names of competitors due to Missouri ACP.
• September 13 - Poster competition at Missouri ACP Scientific Meeting at Margaritaville Lake Resort, Osage Beach, MO.
• Winning posters will be recognized during the Doctor's Dilemma Competition.

Criteria for Poster Judging

Posters will be judged on a set of criteria based on the category of the poster. You can view the judging criteria here. 

See Some Examples