The Art of Lecturing: Paul Sutton, PHD, MD
The Art of Lecturing: Paul Sutton, PHD, MD
The Art of Lecturing: Paul Sutton, PHD, MD
• Presentation of data
• Tell them
• Presentation of data
• Structure
– Particularly crucial for shorter talks
• Your style
– Find your own voice
– But seek to entertain as well as educate
Your Style
• “Good teaching is one fourth
preparation and three fourths theater.”
Gail Godwin
• Scientific Presentation
– Background
– Objective
– Methods
– Data
– Discussion
Effective Habits: outlines
Topic-based Lecture
• Intro
• Epidemiology
• Clinical Features
• Diagnostics
• Treatment
• Areas of study
• Review
Case-based Lecture
• Intro
• Case 1
• Teaching point
• Case 2
• Teaching point
• Lather & repeat
• Review
Effective Habits
• Prepare in advance!
– “It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a
good impromptu speech.” Mark Twain
• Practice
– Particularly the introduction
• Peer review
– Is the story coherent?
– Is the presentation of data clear?
– Eliminate ypographical errors
PowerPoint Tips
• Use PowerPoint
– 95% market share
– Presentation software options:
• PC/Mac/UNIX: OpenOffice by Sun
• Mac: Keynote
– Can be difficult to share
– Potential for formatting surprises
• Arial 36
• Arial 28
• Arial 20
• Comic Sans MS 36
• Comic Sans MS 28
• Comic Sans MS 20
• Readable, classic
• Avoid STDs
– Speaker/text dissonance
• Presentation of data
800 FDA
700
approves
PSA
600
Per 100,000
500
Incidence
Mortality
400
300
200
100
7 5 7 7 7 9 8 1 8 3 8 5 8 7 8 9 9 1 9 3 9 5 9 7 9 9 0 1 0 3 0 5
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20
Years
• Background/significance
• Objective
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion/future
The 10 Minute Talk
• Very little time
• Presentation of data