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Preparing Your Presentation


When preparing your presentation, consider the following :

  • Do not try to cover too much for your allotted time.
  • You will never be able to cover everything, so please don’t try! Concentrate on the important concepts, highlighted by a few classical examples, so that you have time to cover the material well and do not lose the students’ attention!
  • Speak at a good pace, leaving time for questions and for students to take notes.
  • One rule of thumb is to try and allot 1.5 minutes per slide on average (pictures may require less).
  • Privide some time at the end of your lecture for students to complete the session evaluation on MedSIS.
  • Do not put too much information on each slide.

Here is a template for use in your MD Program lectures:  lecture_presentation_template.pptx (353.85 KB)

Another handy rule of thumb is: no more than 6 lines of text, and no more than 6 words per line.

If you write in complete sentences and paragraphs, the tendency is to simply read off the slide instead of lecturing to the students. At that point, the student has no reason to pay further attention. Keep the points brief and expand around each point during your talk, adding more information. This keeps the students’ attention focused on you.

Teaching via webinar reduces the amount of material you can cover in a lecture.

  • You may find that, compared to a live lecture, you can reasonably cover only about 40 - 45 minutes worth of material in a 50-minute period.
  • Organize the lecture content in a logical and meaningful way for the students.
  • Develop and emphasize the key points of the lecture that you wish the students to take home.
  • Make clear transitions between different segments of the lecture to ensure that students do not get confused.

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest

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It is a policy of the MD Program that all lecturers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that they may have with commercial products mentioned in their presentation.  The second slide in your presentation must contain any such disclosures.  If you do not have any such conflicts to declare, you can download a standard slide from the PowerPoint template here: lecture_presentation_template.pptx (353.85 KB)