PHA
599: Critical Care APPE Formal Topic Presentation Guidelines
Purpose
of Assignment
The
purpose of this presentation is to educate a professional audience regarding
the evidence related to the management of disease states and medication therapy
in critically ill patients. It is also intended to help develop your formal
presentation skills. Thus, you should utilize PowerPoint or a suitable
alternative electronic presentation software platform to deliver your
presentation. Your topic should be based on a disease state, medication therapy
topic, or drug information question you have had experience with during this
clerkship. Other topics may be chosen, but all need prior approval of the
preceptor. Your presentation is an individual effort and should last
approximately 30 minutes, plus an additional 15 minutes for questions. A grade
reduction will be incurred for failure to adhere to time limits. A handout
including references needs to be provided to all presentation attendees.
General
Structure of Presentation
·
Brief
introduction that introduces the overall topic of the presentation (first few
minutes of presentation). If applicable, a patient case may be used during this
portion of the presentation.
·
Basic
introduction of the disease, medication therapy topic or drug information
question, which may include the following as appropriate (~ first 1/4 of
presentation):
o
Epidemiology
o
Etiology/pathophysiology
o
Clinical
presentation
o
Diagnosis
o
Therapeutic
indication(s)
o
Basic
medication dosing/use
o
Topic
overview
o
Clinical
controversy
·
Basic
review of therapy in general, where information may come from the following
sources (~ next 1/4 of presentation):
o
Clinical
guidelines
o
Tertiary
texts
o
Review
articles
o
Case
reports
·
Discussion
of primary supporting literature/trials for therapy, where information may come
from the following types of sources (~ next 1/3 of presentation):
o
Clinical
trials
o
Meta-analyses
o
Case
series
o
Case
reports
·
Conclusion/clinical
pearls, and if applicable brief conclusion of patient case(s) (last few minutes
of presentation)
Tips
for your PowerPoint® Slides
·
Avoid
using multi-color backgrounds and backgrounds with animation; stick to solid
shades or patterns of blue, black or white
·
Limit
the number of lines of text per slide to no more than 10
·
Do
not put ALL your information on the slides (helps avoid reading off slides)
·
If
putting an item such as a chart, table, picture, etc. onto a slide make sure
your audience can read it. Print out the
individual slide in landscape orientation, place it on the floor, and stand
over it….If you can’t read it while
standing over it your audience won’t be able to read the projected image.
·
Create
tables, charts or graphs to summarize large amounts of information
·
Include
abbreviated citations at the bottom of slides containing published information
(i.e. trial results, etc.); see example below:
Fass
R et al. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:2161-68
·
Do
not list your references on your final slide(s); include them on your handout
(see “Tips for your handout” below)
·
After
your final slide create slides for anticipated questions (i.e. “gunner” slides)
that are not part of your planned presentation.
Tips
for your handout
·
The
purpose of the handout is to serve as a reference tool
·
The
handout should be a summary of information that is presented; you may print out
your slides as a handout
·
Using
a word processor program list full reference citations according to the National
Library of Medicine guidelines in the order they appeared throughout the
presentation