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Tips to Make Your Scientific Presentation GREAT. Britta Thompson, PhD Director, Office of Medical Education, Assistant Dean for Medical Education Britta-Thompson@ouhsc.edu. Objectives. Identify at least one important issue in preparing for a scientific talk
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Tips to Make Your Scientific Presentation GREAT Britta Thompson, PhD Director, Office of Medical Education, Assistant Dean for Medical Education Britta-Thompson@ouhsc.edu
Objectives • Identify at least one important issue in preparing for a scientific talk • Identify at least one way to deal with questions • Identify five “best practices” for using PowerPoint
Necessities of a GREATPresentation Preparation and Presentation Skills Audiovisuals
Preparation • Know your audience • Know your time allocation • Practice, practice, practice
Tell Your Research Story • Introduction • Methods • Results • Conclusions
Introduction • Provide a basic overview – get everyone “up to speed” • Engage the audience • Interesting case, stats, current events, humor • Establish why research is important
Methods • Talk about your approach • Tell a story about what you did
Results • Include salient points • Use graphs or figures • Be careful with tables
Conclusion • Condense results • Indicate implications • Connect with introduction • Provide future research • Limit your number of points
Other Items • Include acknowledgments • Invite questions
Handling Questions • Repeat or rephrase • Keep answers short • Prepare for the unexpected • “That’s a really interesting point…” • “I’ll have to think about that…” • “I’m glad you brought that up” • Offer to make yourself available • Anticipate irrelevant questions • “That is interesting but wasn’t part of the study”
When Presenting… • Face the audience, not the screen • Do NOT read your notes • Avoid distracting sounds or actions • Use a laser pointer or the mouse • Practice, practice, practice
Necessities of a GREAT Presentation Preparation and Presentation Skills Audiovisuals
What is the rule of 6? • The number of slides a 36-minute presentation should contain • The maximum number of minutes a presenter should stay on one slide • The maximum number of words and lines on a slide
What type of text should you use for PowerPoint? • Sans serif (ie: Tahoma, Arial) • Serif (ie: Times New Roman)
What is the best font case to use? • UPPER CASE • Upper and lower case
How large should the font be for the body of a slide? • 10 point • 12 point • 24 point • 36 point • 44 point • 60 point
Be careful of color • Be careful of color • Be careful of color • Be careful of color • Be careful of color • Be careful of color • Be careful of color
Audiovisuals People generally remember ….. 20% of what they HEAR 30% of what they SEE 50% of what they HEAR & SEE