P3: Illustration and presentation

Medicine progresses as evidence is accrued to support improved practice – it is supposed. Yet psychological science has long shown that standard “powerpoint” presentations are a very poor means of data transfer: different visual and auditory inputs cannot be processed at the same time. Moreover it is impossible to internally question data or remember data […]

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StatsMiniBlog: Complex vs. Complicated

These two words, though often used synonymously are different – do you know how? It’s actually not that difficult. Complicated = made of lots of parts, but “logical and rational” — like a car engine, 10001 piece jigsaw of the Gobi desert, or (dare I say it) a heart Complex = constructed with pieces with […]

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P3: Deciding on content

The most important concept in developing and delivering a presentation is the understanding that you cannot “cover everything.” Nor should you attempt to. Your role as a presenter is to convert the “what” of “everything” into a “so what” for your particular audience. For many, both on the podium and in the audience, this is a dramatic shift in […]

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Guest post: 5 rules parents wish we followed

There’s nothing that necessarily makes parents better paediatricians, or paediatricians  better parents, but it’s true that experiencing different stuff can be a great teaching experience … And our guest blogger Lucinda Winckworth is giving is five great tips from experience on the other side of the baby gro… Since having my children I have experienced both […]

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P3: A presentation is the product of its parts, not simply a powerpoint.

In this blog, Ross Fisher (aka @ffolliet) takes us into a little-taught area of medical professionalism. Presentations. In this introductory blog, we’ll be introduced to a new (well, new-to-me) way of thinking about the oft-repeated act of standing before an audience of our peers and beginning to speak … We teach clinical skills and yet presentation […]

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