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PRESENTAION
1. W I T H A N O U T S T A N D I N G P O W E R P O I N T
Dr Mansoor Ali
Govt Homoeopathy Medical College Calicut
 Introduction

1.How to prepare good PowerPoints/Keynotes

2.How to organise slides
3.How to present seminars
4.How to become a good lecturer/speaker
5.Attributes and responsibilities of a faculty
 A STUDENT

SPEND
HOW MANY HOURS IN A BHMS CLASS ROOM ?
 ROLE OF

POWERPOINT
IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
Power point presentation

yields positive result

among speakers,
teachers and students

Enhance the eectiveness of classroom

lectures and seminars.
Advantages PowerPoints or Key Notes

Helps to reduce talking verbatim of the speaker

Make the communication situation more interesting

Help to increase receivers participation

 Purpose of PG

Professional development
Human resource for
academic structure
Research aptitude
 Professional college teaching
Knowledge - cognitive
Skill - Psychomotor
Attitude - heart & mind

Application level teaching - PG

 Presentation planning
1. What is the objective of the presentation?
2. Who is the audience?
3. How large is the audience?
4. Where is presentation to be given?
5. How much time for Questions?
 Check
Auditorium/ Class room

Light

Sound

Audio/Video

Seating

Language

Voice modulation
 Preparation of slides
8x9 rule

8 lines per slide

9 words in a line

Do not copy paragraphs

Only this much a brain can absorb at a time

while listening to a speaker
 Key points
For explaining a key point it is better to limit in
one slide

Not more than two slides per point

When you advance the slides audience would

like to see a new point or topic

Text size was large enough to be read from the

back of the room


Remember
1. Presenter must be the
centre of attraction

2. Make your own

contribution while using
slides

3. Slides must supplement

the presentation and not
be a substitute
Precautions
Bullets should stand out separately

Make all bullets the same color or

similar to that of the text /background

Colour Contrast : enough colour

contrast between the text and
background
 Beware
Colors on the LCD may
not be the same as
seen on the monitor

Monitor has millions

of colors

But the projection

system has only 256

 Background
Black background White or yellow text
White background :Black, Blue, Red or Green
text
Blue Background : White, Pale or yellow

High contrast color schemes should be used

 Font and Size
PowerPoint : Times New Roman
PowerPoint : Arial

PowerPoint : Tahoma

PowerPoint : Comic Sans MS

Font Size
Heading 44 points Text 36 points

 Letter Case

USE OF ALL CAPITAL LETTERS MAKES IT

DIFFICULT TO READ

Use of lower case letters makes it to easy to

read

Inserting pictures/video/audio

A. Relevant to enhance Presentation

B. Limit the number to avoid distraction

C. Avoid covering the text

D. Insert videos or audios

E. Avoid complicated graphs and tables

Organising slides

First slide : Topic,Your name, designation etc

Second slide : Introduction

Last slide : Thank You

Slide before the thank you slide : Summary

Slide before the summary slide : Question Mark

 Policy
Say what you are going to say
Say it
Say what you said

Tell them what you are going to tell them,

tell them, then tell them what you told them
 Keep
Time limit
Spelling and grammar
Variety slides and fonts
Not much animations
References
Present the facts
 During Presentation

Never look at screen constantly

Never look at laptop constantly
No Breach Presentation
Avoid monotonous voice
During Presentations

Keep eye contact primarily with your audience, not with

your visual aids.

Avoid reading your slides or to your audience

If every word you are going to say is on the slides, there is

no need for you to be there.
Keep text to a minimum; let images and graphics illustrate
and dramatize your points.

Pictures are worth a thousand words.

Most students are highly visual learners.

 Dont panic
You are not the only authority
Students are your friends
They like you
They want to hear you
Take class in a simple, concise
and interesting manner
 Dont read your notes in
class room

Teachers are facilitators

of self learning and not
dictators of notes

Dress code

Give an introduction to
next class

 How to manage

Noises in class
Sleepy students
Comedy
Arguments
Mannerism
Body language
Look for reactionsof
audience
 Teachers must have
enthusiasm

to teach

to students

to homeopathy

If Hahnemann is still alive now we can

get 100 editions of Organon of medicine,
but we homoeopaths still sticking on
6thedition of Organon.
Make your Message

Worthwhile
Interesting
Understandable
Memorable
Take home message
Try to start your classes on time
 Question Time

Always leave at least 15 minutes at the end for

questions

Question time is your opportunity to connect

with your audience

Dont forget to repeat questions before

answering so that everyone can hear Interesting
 References

Effective use of reference materials in preparation of talk

Cited the resource on the slide in a footnote using APA
style
Included a list of references on your last slide.
Included hyper links to authoritative web sites on the topic.
 Classes to
Organisations

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Medical audiences want evidence of validity,
authority and currency of information.
 NOT GOOD

{
Majority of the teachers used to teach the same topic,
}
with same notes/slides, throughout their service
 Always
1. Rehearse your presentation - preparation is most
important - Record

2. Tell your audience your objectives for this talk.

3. Dont try to teach too much in a one-hour lecture.

4. Your audience will only take home three or four major

points from a one-hour lecture.

5. Spoke at a reasonable rate, not too fast or slow.

6. Avoid unwanted repetition.



Expect the unexpected

Technical Considerations/ Problem

Copy in pen drive, mail or mobile

Hand out / Notes

Check PowerPoint version at venue

Presenter mode

Practice remote and mouse control

Check graphic compatibility and discuss your

needs

 get
Recorded
Evergreen quotes on teaching


A teacher without clinical skills or practice
will not arouse faith of the students
especially if he is teaching clinical subjects.
 A good lecturer/Speaker

Remember it is a skill that can be

mastered only through practice


Your talk should be like the miniskirt,
large enough to cover the subject but
short enough to make it interesting
V.K.S.Menon


Teachers are readers:

Reading comes only when you have
extraordinary desire to assimilate knowledge


continuous to burn its own flame.

A lamp can never light another lamp unless it

So also a teacher never truly teach unless he is still

teaching himself.. Rabindra Nath Tagore.

One of the basic

requirements for a
good teacher/

speaker is his ability
to retain the interest
of the students.

Always remember
It is the desire of every student that, their teacher
will give them some meaningful learning experience
that will help them to fight challenges in the life.

 MESSAGE
If you neglect making a careful
teachingthe students will be the first
sufferer then your college will suffer
from itthen patientsand ultimately
homoeopathy also
Good resources

www.medicalteacher.org

www.facultyfocus.com
 Consulted Works
How to prepare eective PowerPoint presentations

Books and Journals on eective Medical Teaching &Training

http://www.homeobook.com/books-and-journals-on-eective-medical-teaching-
training/

Essentials in medical education Teachers training Dr GN Prabhakara

Eective teaching a measure of excellence Dr Mathew Thomas

Toolkit for Academic Leaders Version 1 February 2008 Compiled by Ray Wells, PhD

Education in India Padma Ramachandran, Vasanthakumar

How to become a successful orator DrMilind V Bhatkar

Excellent presentation Jayant Neogy

 Summary

1.How to prepare good PowerPoints/Keynotes

2.How to organise slides
3.How to present seminars
4.How to become a good lecturer/speaker
5.Attributes and responsibilities of a
homoeopathy faculty
6.Evergreen quotes
THANK YOU