1. Research Live Presentation Template
You are not required to use this template, but can if you want.
Each slide has instructions/suggestions for what to cover during your presentation. Some are listed in the “Notes” section of each slide.
Personalize the formatting and background of this presentation – use your own style! Don’t use dark backgrounds.
Pictures help illustrate your points. Add them.
Also refer to the Research Live Presentation Outline and Evaluation.
If you use this template, delete this slide before submitting.
Practice your presentation before you get to class! Remember this presentation should be minutes long. Practice. Practice. Practice.

2. Title of Research Presentation
Intern Name
Training City, State
Your presentation needs to be on a topic of controversy in medical nutrition therapy. “Controversial” means that all studies don’t agree on one result or recommendation, because they have reached different results. You will look at both sides of the issue and make recommendation based on what you read.
Add the title/topic of your research presentation.
Add your name and training location

3. Topic Introduction (~2 minutes)
Introduce the controversial topic you’ll be covering.
Here you might address the following:
What research question did you try to answer?
Why did you choose this topic?
What do you want the class to know about your topic?
What type of controversy exists for this topic?
Introduce the controversial topic you’ll be covering. This will help you organize your information in an order that makes sense and flows well. This might include explaining why you chose this topic. Is it something you heard or read about and wanted to learn more? Was it suggested by your preceptor? Did you have a question about a process in your facility?
On this slide you might address any of the following questions:
What research question did you try to answer in your research?
Why did you chose this topic?
What do you want the class to know about your topic?
You could mention here what type of controversy exists about this topic that you researched.

4. Background Information (2-3 minutes)
Include background information about your topic.
Go over what the class will need to know to understand the remainder of your presentation.
Definitions, terms
Info about the clinical topic, disease state, condition, etc. as applicable to your topic
Include citations as appropriate. Follow the AMA style guide.
This section may take more than one slide.
Review important background information about your topic. It should be brief though (2-3 minutes). Remember that this presentation is a review of research and not education on a particular disease or topic. Use this section to go over definitions of terms that are not common, or to make sure everyone is aware of some basics about the disease state, condition, or medical nutrition therapy process you researched. Include what is pertinent to the topic you are covering. Provide information that everyone will need to know to understand the remainder of your presentation.
This section may take more than one slide.
Include citations on your slides to appropriately reference the information. Follow the AMA style guide.

5. Review of Research (6-8 minutes)
Review the research you found about this topic. Remember that a controversial topic must have scientific support for more than one side of the issue. You can choose how you’d like to set up the research and the controversy
Both sides of the controversy MUST be represented in this section.
You must have at least one reference for each side of the controversy.
This section will take more one slide.
Review the research you found about this topic. Remember that a controversial topic must have scientific support for more than one side of the issue. You can choose how you’d like to set up the research and the controversy.
There are multiple aspects you might discuss when presenting your controversy. The “Review of Research” slides in this template all offer some suggestions you can use if you’d like.
Here are some suggestions of what to cover in this section:
Talk about research that supports one side of the controversy.
Then talk about research that supports the other side of the controversy.
Present all angles or perspectives of the topic and support those comments with the research you read.
You can comment on the quality of the research, the study design, the number of subjects, funding sources for the study, etc.
Elements such as those listed above and any others that you think of that helped you reach your conclusion can be included in this section.
This section will take more than one slide.
Include citations on your slides to appropriately reference the information. Follow the AMA style guide.

6. Summary of Research (2-3 minutes)
You may want to quickly and briefly summarize the research and each side of the controversy. This may be helpful for the class if you went over more than two studies.
This section is optional.
Depending on how many studies you review in your presentation, it may be helpful to quickly summarize the main ideas and what support exists for each side of the controversy. This can help the class quickly see all at once the main points you addressed in the review of research section.
This section is optional.

7. Your Recommendations (2-3 minutes)
You must make your recommendations based on research you read.
Which side of the controversy do you agree with?
Why did you come to this conclusion?
If someone – a patient, client, or colleague – asked you what you think about the topic and how to apply it to practice, what suggestion would you give?
You MAY NOT say just that more research is needed. Formulate your own recommendation based on the research you read.
Formulate and summarize your own conclusions and recommendations on this topic. Now that you’ve reviewed this controversial topic, and evaluated the research about it, what do you recommend? What would you say about it to patients, clients, or colleagues?
You MAY NOT just say that more research is needed. Even if that is true, you must finish up with your own conclusions and/or recommendations based on the research you read.

8. Questions Invite the class to ask questions. Prepare to answer them.
Your presentation should be minutes long, with a few minutes at the end for questions from the class.
All interns in the class are expected to participate by asking questions about or commenting on other interns’ presentations.
Review others’ presentations to prepare questions for them, too.
Leave time for questions at the end of your presentation. Your presentation should be minutes long, with a few minutes at the end for questions from the class.
All interns in the class are expected to participate in the class by asking questions about or commenting on other interns’ presentations, so you can expect to get some questions from the class.
All the presentations will be available in this Google Drive Folder so you can look through them before the class to formulate questions on other presentations. Others will be looking at your presentation to prepare questions of their own.

9. References You must have at least 5 references.
You must have at least 1 reference for each side of your controversy.
You must include a list of references at the end of the presentation, as well as in-slide citations as appropriate.
You must follow the AMA style guide.
Include a slide with a list of references at the end of your presentation. You do not necessarily need to describe it during your presentation, but it will be useful for those who look at it and want to learn more. You may use any citation style you want as long as you are consistent throughout the presentation.
Make sure you also include citations on all slides throughout the presentation as needed to appropriately reference the information you are presenting on. You must follow the AMA style guide.