Introduction:

poster is a method for promoting scientific knowledge where relevant information on a determined topic is explained in order to communicate it in summarize and attractive way.

Objective:

to describe the experiences in the design and presentation of a scientific poster in nursing students.

Methods:

a pedagogical research of participative action-research type was carried out with 217 nursing degree students from School of Medicine of Buenos Aires University, in the period November-December 2019 in Ethics and Professional Socialization subject.

Results:

students were guided to create a scientific poster to systematize the contents studied in Ethics and Socialization subject, based on one of the topics discussed. There were 96 posters designed and presented, from groups comprising 2 and 4 members. Not to follow the recommended structure was the main deficiency.

Conclusions:

the proposed activity represented an opportunity and a challenge for the design of a scientific poster, with the objective of promoting a new approach for the evaluation of communication competence and the works of the students in the subject, considering the visual characteristics of the material used in its presentation and oral communication.

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