Howard Guterman Poster Award
The Howard Guterman Poster Award recognizes the most outstanding contribution to the Annual Long Term Care Medicine Conference 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
| 2010 |
Shinya Ishii, MD
Are they Stubborn or are they Sick?
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| 2009 |
Syed W Hussain, MD
Relationship Between Two-year Mortality and 30-day Hospital Readmission from the Nursing Home
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| 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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