Objective: To evaluate the situation concerning oral and poster presentations given at Turkish and International Scientific Medical Congresses
and adding to scientific knowledge before and after the change in associate professorship eligibility criteria that occurred in December 2016.

Methods: Poster and oral presentations at four consecutive emergency medicine congresses held between 2015 and 2018 by the Emergency
Medicine Physicians Association of Turkey were included in the study. As data were collected from presentation booklets accessed online,
ethics committee approval was not obtained. Since the associate professorship eligibility criteria changed in December 2016, the last two
congresses before that date and the following two after they were compared. Numbers of authors, domestic and international participation
rates, the departments involved, and the presence or absence of oral or poster presentations were assessed.

Results: Members of emergency medicine departments contributed to congresses with significantly more case reports than other participants
(p<0.001). Presentations at congresses held before the change in associate professorship criteria in December 2016 involved larger numbers
of authors, while those appearing after the change involved fewer names (p<0.001). Participation involved more poster presentations before
the change in criteria, while the proportion of oral presentations increased after the change (p<0.001). Participation in congresses prior to the
change in criteria more frequently involved case reports, while the proportion of original articles increased thereafter (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Presentations at congresses held prior to the change in associate professorship criteria involved a large number of author names,
while fewer author names were observed following the change in criteria. In addition, prior to the change, participation involved more poster
presentations, while the proportion of oral presentations increased after that change.