1.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Title of the paper Your name Critical Care Medicine School of Medicine University of Pittsburgh

2.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Background (no more than 7 slides) Why is this an important clinical question? Show a slide of why this is an important epidemiologic problem (e.g. For a study examining a new intervention for severe sepsis, you could say that - there are 750,000 cases of severe sepsis each year and it is the most common cause of admission to non-coronary ICU) Show key studies to date in this area (2-3 slides). It helps to show a summary slide (e.g a recent meta-analyses) Key relevant mechanistic or pathophysiologic issues (1-3 slides)

3.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Hypothesis or objective of the article of interest Slide Text Subtext

4.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Methods (usually each bullet is 1 slide) Entry criteria Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Study protocol and intervention, if available Look through supplementary material (usually available online) for more detailed methods and show important issues Primary and secondary endpoints Statistical analyses

5.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Results (usually each bullet is 1-2 slides) Flow of study participants (CONSORT DIAGRAM) Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the study Main results (will require several slides – please show key Tables and Figures)

6.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Conclusion Slide Text Subtext

7.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Strengths of the study Slide Text Subtext

8.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Limitations of the study Slide Text Subtext

9.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  Question for Audience Response System goes here. Answer 1 Answer 2 Answer 3 Answer 4

10.  Exemplary Care  Cutting-edge Research  World-class Education  UPMC Critical Care www.ccm.pitt.edu