Communicating nursing research: another look at the use of poster sessions in undergraduate programs.

Formal presentation of nursing research content in undergraduate curricula is a recent practice. Although some agreement exists that the focus of such research content should be on the students' development of beginning skills as critical consumers of nursing research, limited information has been available on how a faculty member might select learning experiences to foster these skills. The authors report on the use of the poster session as a successful teaching strategy in two undergraduate programs.