ABCT 2019

This year, I attended the Annual Convention for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for the first time. Like I mentioned in a previous blog, this is a really big conference for the field of Clinical Psychology. This year, the conference recommended that we use a template created by a graduate student (also mentioned in a previous blog and can be found here: https://osf.io/ef53g/ ).

The suggested template looks like this:

So I attempted to follow the layout but making it my own. It was much harder than I expected. I always struggle with putting TOO much content on my infographics/posters, so even while trying to limit myself, I still ended up with a pretty busy poster. However, I was really happy with it!

There are several things that I did differently based on what I have learned in my data visualization class.

To begin, I made the poster in Illustrator instead of Microsoft PowerPoint (which is what I've always used in the past). Instead of using the graphs/figures directly from whatever stats software I used, I also used Illustrator to re-draw the graphs, which allowed me to make them the size I wanted without having a poor resolution/distorted image. Here are two examples:

They don't look drastically different but were much easier to read and looked much better when printed at the much larger size for the poster.

My version made in Illustrator

Version from Stats Software

My version made in Illustrator

The ones to the left are the ones I made in Illustrator.

I used the techniques we learned in one of the first exercises we completed in this class, including the use of the pen tool to trace. I really like the way it turned out!

From Stats Software

I know that this could be even better, but I am happy that I was able to apply some of my new skills to my work. I hope to continue to improve my abilities so I can start using these skills in all areas of my job!