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Speaking for Excellence. Charles G. Prober, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education Stanford University School of Medicine. Speaking for Excellence. Why should you care? Know the format
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Speaking for Excellence Charles G. Prober, M.D.Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & ImmunologyAssociate Chair, Department of PediatricsSenior Associate Dean, Medical EducationStanford University School of Medicine
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
AT LUNCH WITH KEVIN R. DALEY It's Not What You Say, but How It Sounds By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH OTHING looks calculated about the beige sport jacket and tie that Kevin R. Daley is wearing, or about the barely sipped glass of pinot grigio sitting before him, or about the well-lighted corner table at the Princeton Club at which he and a reporter have been genially sparring for more than four hours. September 7, 2003 Kevin R. Daley, a co-founder of Communispond, has long studied the effects of a person's appearance, sound and behavior on his or her ability to get ahead
Most Common Adult Fears (Trivopaedia) 1. Public speaking2. Getting fat3. Going out alone at night3. Going to the dentist3. Own death6. Spiders and insects7. Swimming in the ocean8. Being in high, exposed places 9. Flying in planes10. Being in a crowd of people11. Being in the dark12. Friday the 13th
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Know the Format Scientific abstract Lecture Seminar Workshop Panel discussion
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Know Your Audience Educational background Range of expertise Expectations
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Know Your Time Allocation Do not EVER go over time Never rush to finish Know if time includes Q&A period
Time Management “One hour lecture” Effective time ~ 45 minutes
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Organizing Your Material Brief outline (bullets & key points) Avoid reading Use visual aids to keep on track
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Optimizing Presentation Aids Blackboard Overheads Slides Videos Xrays Use to highlight your points
Optimal Slide Utilization • Slides are useful to: • 1. Emphasize key points • 2. Dwell on a specific idea • 3. Control flow of information • 4. Provide the logic of your points • Audience attention is focused on the slides, not you. This can lessen your impact
Optimal Slide Utilization • Use CD or external drive • Be prepared for glitches in PowerPoint • Use only slides that you prepare • Slides should support and enhance your presentation, but it is you who must convince the audience
Optimal Slide Utilization Maximize font size Avoid multiple fontsandstyles AVOID ALL CAPITALS Do not mix andmatchcolors No more than 10 lines per slide This is meant to be an example of a bad slide!
Optimal Slide Utilization Maximize font size Do not mix colors Maximum of 10 lines per slide Keep them simple
Optimal Slide Utilization Do not present an excess of raw data Use figures over tables Use photographs whenever possible
Optimal Slide UtilizationMinimize Data • Age (yr) # enrollees Acyclovir dose • mg doses / day # days 1 2 - 12 815 20/kg 4 5 2 13 - 18 62 800 4 5 3 ≥ 17 76 800 5 7 Children Adolescents Adults New lesion formation - 1.0 day - 0.5 day - 0.6 days Total number of lesions - 53 - 24 - 232 % with > 500 lesions - 17% - 13% _ # residual lesions, 28 days - 20 - 70 _ Difference, time to afebrile > 1.0 day > 1.0 day 0.5 days This is way too much data for one slide!
Efficacy of Oral Acyclovir in Normal Subjects with Chickenpox 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trials Enrollment within 24 hours of rash onset Minimal differences in lesion formation & fever
Alleviation of Clinically Significant Symptoms in Children: Oseltamivir vs. Placebo Adapted from Whitley RJ, et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001;20:127-133.
Whenever possible, use a figure rather than a table or text Time to Alleviation of Clinically Significant Symptoms in Children; Zanamivir vs. Placebo
Antiviral Therapy: Historical Perspective Valganciclovir Vidarabine Acyclovir Ganciclovir Cidofovir Idoxuridine Trifluridine Foscarnet Valaciclovir Zanamivir 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1995 2001 1990 1999 Amantadine Ribavirin Interferon Famciclovir Oseltamivir Rimantadine Penciclovir
Optimal Slide Utilization Herpes virus infections may disseminate Favored organs include: Liver - hepatitis, yellow atrophy Lungs - pneumonitis,respiratory failure Brain - encephalitis, atrophy “A picture is worth a thousand words”
HSV preferentially spreads to the liver, lung, & brain.
Optimal Slide Utilization One slide per minute Align your comments with your slides
Optimal Slide Utilization Do not apologize for bad slides Do not use bad slides!!
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Be Prepared Rehearse Tape or record your talk
Be Prepared Avoid ums and ahs Avoid jargon & abbreviations Eh!
Be Prepared Vary your pace Use inflections & pauses Repeat for effect
Be Prepared Be familiar with the equipment Podium Microphone Slide Controls Light Controls Pointer
Be Prepared …….. for the Unexpected Equipment failures
Be Prepared …….. for the Unexpected Interruptions Learn how to handle questions
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Want to give the lecture Capture & retain your audience Do not provide too much information
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Show your enthusiasm!!!!
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Be relevant Respect your audience Be engaging Make eye contact Use humor wisely
Humor Can Be Effective Research Rounds
Acute respiratory infections – the leading infectious cause of death 3.5 Over age five 3.0 Under age five 2.5 * HIV-positive people who have died with TB have been included among AIDS deaths 2.0 Millions of deaths 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 Acute respiratory infections AIDS* Diarrhoeal diseases TB Malaria Measles World Health Organization 1999
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Always ask - Is this relevant? Minimize number of teaching points Start and finish strong and on time!
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Avoid Too Much Information If you want to bore someone, tell them everything you know. Voltaire (1694-1778)
Be An Effective Lecturer: Tips Start with where you are going Go there Summarize where you have been
Speaking for Excellence Why should you care? Know the format Know your audience Know your time allocation Organize your material Optimize your presentation aids Be prepared Be an effective lecturer: Tips