BACKGROUND: This innovative assignment converted a traditional presentation to an assignment that addressed several National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties competencies and the growing trend toward nurse practitioner professional advancement models. METHOD: The professional conference poster assignment spanned two semesters. The first semester assignment included a focused literature review and abstract development. The second semester assignment included a formal presentation using a digital poster format. RESULTS: Only three of the 23 respondents indicated ever having developed an abstract or a professional conference poster prior to the assignment. Students identified new skills acquired as a result of the professional conference poster assignment: writing an abstract (78%), writing a biographical statement (87%), constructing a digital poster (91%), speaking at a conference (87%), and searching the evidence (48%). CONCLUSION: Nurse practitioner students evaluated this assignment highly, learned valuable dissemination skills that met core competencies, and were instilled with a culture of clinical scholarship and dissemination. [J Nurs Educ. 2020;59(6):345-348.]. Copyright 2020, SLACK Incorporated.
BACKGROUND: This innovative assignment converted a traditional presentation to an assignment that addressed several National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties competencies and the growing trend toward nurse practitioner professional advancement models. METHOD: The professional conference poster assignment spanned two semesters. The first semester assignment included a focused literature review and abstract development. The second semester assignment included a formal presentation using a digital poster format. RESULTS: Only three of the 23 respondents indicated ever having developed an abstract or a professional conference poster prior to the assignment. Students identified new skills acquired as a result of the professional conference poster assignment: writing an abstract (78%), writing a biographical statement (87%), constructing a digital poster (91%), speaking at a conference (87%), and searching the evidence (48%). CONCLUSION: Nurse practitioner students evaluated this assignment highly, learned valuable dissemination skills that met core competencies, and were instilled with a culture of clinical scholarship and dissemination. [J Nurs Educ. 2020;59(6):345-348.]. Copyright 2020, SLACK Incorporated.