How to give a talk,

(the short version)

for Registrars

19.10.11

RANZCP2007 Curriculum review

CBFP

CBFP Implementation

• New Zealand Nov. 2012

• Australia March 2013

• Formative tests: CAP. New Reg’s

Existing Registrars Grandfathered for Summative (pass/fail) Assessments

So the CBFP doesn’t affect usRight?

Wrong!

HNET will be introducing Formative assessments

The start of learning period

Guide subsequent teaching and learning

(A learning tool)

One F.A. is ‘Professional Presentations’

Formative Assessments are tools to help build learning road-maps

• This is where you are

• This is your goal at the end of this training

• Here is how to get there

I looked at the college version!

Below standard

Meets standard

Above standard

1. Introducing the topic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

2. Setting material in context 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

3. Analysis and critique 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

4. Presentation and delivery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

5. Answering questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

6. Quality of educational content 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

Anything especially good? Suggestions for improvement

Agreed action/goals for next presentation:

Try to make it better !

• Review the literature

• Create a resource

• Design an instrument

• Contribute to the committee

I Did get finished, but nowhere near on time

My version reflects the literature

…But is it easier to use?

…Is it a better learning tool?

Requires greaterimprovement

Requires moderate improvement

Requires little improvement

Not assessed

1. Engaging the audience

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

2. General Presentation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

3. Organisation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

4. Content 1 2 3 5 5 6 7 8 9 u/c

Help people learn This could be great!

But I had forgotten something

Registrars are busy

Often tired

AND

There is an Elephant in the Room

Anxiety

Reducing Anxiety

• Three attitudes of mind

• Three simple techniques

3 attitudes of mind

1. Like yourself (be yourself, don’t try to be perfect)

2. Like your subject (focus on it)

3. Like your audience (focus on friendly faces)

3 Simple Techniques

1. Be prepared and practiced

2. Slow breaths

3. That glass of water

And now to the point

Here it is!

How to give a talk,

the short version

How DO you change this

Into This?

Why is giving a memorable talk

such a challenge?

The Audience remembers little

• 70% of first 10 minutes

• 20% of the last 10 minutes

• Within one week 10% of what they were told

Audience attention wanes rapidly

Audience Attention Deficit Syndrome (AADS)

So to Summarize

• I have your attention for ten minutes

• You will recall little or nothing of what I say

How to deal with this?

• Set an exam.

• Short Simple core message:

Flag it, introduce it, repeat it, summarise it

How to deal with this (cont.)

• Recapture Attention(‘reset’ the first 10 minutes)

And/or

• Maximise Overall Attention

Reset the 10 minutes…Olivia Mitchell

Reset attention (1)

• Anecdotes we are hardwired to listen to stories

• Humour (relevant to the presentation)

• Transition statements ‘in summary’ or ‘so that’s the problem, I’ll now go

on to address it’

Reset (2)

• Make breaks between subtopics clear: “So we have already talked about…”

• make clear

Introduction /Middle /End

Reset (3)

• Involve the audience Q&A, small group, show of hands

• Take a micro-break

• Change anything…presenters, move a little , show a short video

Varying the resetWe are also hardwired for novelty

Maximizing attention

Give them what they want!

wait for sound

Tell them why it is important to them

Maximize attention (Cont.)

• Catchy title

• Drama…pauses…A paradox

• A logical argument

• 70% of audience satisfaction comes from presentation style

Try to Entertain

Show enthusiasm

(Even for an ugly topic)

Much of communication is non verbal

An audience given a 30 second SILENT clip of a presentation can accurately predict audience satisfaction!

Visual Aides

A Picture says a thousand words!

Written slides are ineffective

PowerPoint what not to do!

Oh, No! PowerPoint!

My eyes, my eyes!

Small Print!

• Exchange of information. Members are healthcare professionals and others involved in medical education and medical education research at all levels (undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing)

• Receive regular mailings about ASME courses/conferences/workshops and activities, including the Annual Scientific Meeting

• Receive regular news about ASME, and other bodies concerned with medical education via electronic communication

• Eligibility to apply for any of ASME’s Small Grants, International Travelling Fellowships and Awards, including the undergraduate student award; the Sir John Ellis Student Prize

• Receive the monthly journal Medical Education and the quarterly journal The Clinical Teacher

• Access to the global community of medical educationalists and medical education researchers

• Access to the various Special Interest Groups (SIGs) within ASME including the Education Research Group, the Educator Development Group, the Policy Group and JASME – the Junior Association for the Study of Medical Education

Crowded Text

Confusing tables8:00-9:30 9:45-12:00

Week 1

MO Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

TUE Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

WE Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

THU Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

FRI Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

Week 2

MO Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

TUE Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

WE Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice

THU Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

FRI Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

Week 3

MO Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

TUE Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

WE Ward

THU Lecture Workshop on wards with patients

FRI Examination

Remember!

The time spent deciphering the PowerPoint

Is time spent not listening to the talk!

Power Point Rules

• < 6 words per line

• <6 lines

• < 4 points

Power Point Rules 2

• Contrasting colours……white on blue?

• Combination upper and lower case

• 32 or larger

• San serif fonts preferred : Helvetica, CG Omega, Universe, Arial.

Power Point Rules (3)

• Power point is a visual aide

not speaker notes!

• Power points should make lousy handouts!

• (Power point has a notes page)

Power Point Rules (4)Diagrams not tables

The impact of an outreach program applied to team E in the third

quarter, on patient presentations

1 2 3 4

E 20.4 27.4 90.0 20.4

W 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6

N 45.9 46.9 45.0 43.9

Make this…

….INTO THIS !

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1stQtr

2ndQtr

3rdQtr

4thQtr

East

West

North

Simplify statistics. Use Graphs, not tables

No complex gimmicksto distract the audience

It results in people not listening to what you say

They just watch the gimmicks

Beware of the laser pen!

Preparation

• Over Prepare, let the needs of the audience prune what you deliver

• Practice Delivery

Summary, or Giving a talk shortest version yet

• Fewer points more examples

• 10 minute rule

• Less bullet points

Summary Giving as talk the shortest version yet (cont)

• Technique =satisfaction

• Visual

• Audience centred, Enthusiastic

Giving a talk the final word

Thankyou

(It’s not a sin to finish early)