Howard Guterman Poster Award
The Howard Guterman Poster Award recognizes the most outstanding contribution to the AMDA Annual Symposium Poster Session. Posters are judged on criteria in three areas: content, presentation, and visual aesthetics.
The award is made each year at the Annual Symposium by the Foundation Board of Directors. The criteria for the Guterman Award are:
Content
- Inclusion of each of the four content areas:
- Introduction and objective
- Methods used
- Results obtained
- Conclusion(s)
- Validity of study or topic area to clinical medicine or medical direction in the long term care continuum (e.g., geriatric and non-geriatric NFs, home care, hospice, and subacute care).
- Clarity of description and depth of detail used to report each of the four content areas listed above.
- Practical application.
- Innovation in thought or approach.
- Best use of illustrations and tables, including clarity and ease of reading and arrangement in sequence according to their reference in the text.
Presentation
- The primary presenter must be available for discussion with the judges at the time posters are reviewed by the judging committee.
- Presentation will be evaluated on depth of knowledge and clarity of response regarding the topic and content areas of the poster.
- Presenters should show energy and enthusiasm in their responses.
Visual Aesthetics
- Text and illustrations are easily viewed from a distance of 8-10 feet away.
- Lettering is sized to maximize legibility.
- Overall appearance and quality of poster presentation.
Past Recipients of the Howard Guterman Poster Award
| 2008 |
Cari R. Levy, MD, CMD
Acute Myocardial Infarction in Nursing Home Residents: Adherence to Treatment Guidelines Reduces Mortality but why is Adherence so Low?
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| 2007 |
Stephen Hom, DO
Do Frequent Fingersticks Improve Glycemic Control in Nursing Home Diabetic Patients? |
| 2006 |
T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, FACP
Do Acid Lowering Agents Lower Vitamin B12 Status in Older Adults from the Community and Nursing Homes? |
| 2005 |
Alec Pruchnicki, MD
Full Time Primary Medical Care in an Assisted Living Facility |
| 2004 |
Cari Levy, MD
Predictors of Do Not Resuscitate Orders Among Skilled Facility Residents: Are Geography and Ethnicity Destiny? |
| 2003 |
Scott Bolhack, MD, CMD
Utilizing AMDA Clinical Practice Guidelines: Three CPGs Selected for Development of Implementation Packets |
| 2002 |
Neal Lakritz, MD, & Scott Traub, PharmD
Double-Blind Randomized Study of the Efficacy and Safety of 3-Day Versus 7-Day Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Elderly Fragile Nursing Home Patients |
| 2001 |
Joshua Schor, MD, & Kalpana Cheeti, MD
Long Term Care Experience in an Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| 2000 |
Steven C. Zweig, MD, MSPH
The Downstream Financial Impact of a Nursing Home Practice on an Academic Health Center |
| 1999 |
Evelyn P. Dooley, MD, CMD
An Effective TB Screening Program in a Long Term Care Facility |
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