B.Sc, MSc, MD. WINDSOR UNIVERITY Samuel Taiwo Alawode

Introduction Presentation in medical training is an essential element of medical professionalism. It requires special skills and effort and needs a great deal of preparation to a have a good preparation. To deliver a simple and clear message, you need good preparation and early planning. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

Purpose of PowerPoint To hold interest To focus attention To guide discussions/overviews To support the message being delivered WINDSOR UNIVERITY

The Component of Medical Presentation Preparation ◦ This is the most important part of the presentation as proper preparation prevent poor performance. Presentation WINDSOR UNIVERITY

Preparation Tip #1 Prepare to present without slides.  Have something of substance to say.  Learn more than you will say.  The more you know, the more enthusiastic you will be. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

Preparation Tip # 2 Simple slides with no more than one concept per page, and no more than words per page WINDSOR UNIVERITY GoodNot very good

Preparation Tip # 3 Text and images kept within a reasonable distance from the edges of the slide. This prevents the slide from looking over- crowded. WINDSOR UNIVERITY Good Not very good

Preparation Tip # 4 Slides that are easy to read. Avoid flashy color schemes, fonts, and animation. These features should complement a presentation, and not be the presentation itself. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

This is a good mix of colors. Readable! This is a bad mix of colors. Low contrast. Unreadable! This is a good mix of colors. Readable! This is a bad mix of colors. Avoid bright colors on white. Unreadable! Preparation Tip # 5 Chose proper Fonts and Background Colors

Summary Prepare your presentation so that you don’t actually need any slides. Great presenters can be effective, even without slides. Use slides to enhance your presentation rather than leaning on them. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

Presentation Tip #1 The first 2 minutes is the most important part of presentation. This is the time for the audience to make positive or negative impression on the presenter and the presentation. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

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Summary Prepare your presentation so that you don’t actually need any slides. Great presenters can be effective, even without slides. Use slides to enhance your presentation rather than leaning on them. Never read the slides word for word. Their only purpose is to reinforce what the audience is learning. WINDSOR UNIVERITY

Too Much Text Too much text can be overwhelming to our audience, use brief, concise points on your slides, and elaborate on these verbally during your presentation. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. WINDSOR UNIVERITY