Presenting in Biomedicine

The growth in chemotherapy has led to a great need for all those involved to be familiar with safe procedures based on best evidence-based practice. Practical Chemotherapy: a multidisciplinary guide is a comprehensive and straightforward guide describing over 70 widely used chemotherapy regimens helping to make their prescription and administration safer and less problematic. Checklists throughout the book are specifically tailored for the needs of each professional group involved in treatment and are intended to help prevent potentially serious mistakes that can occur. This book is unique in its practical emphasis and will be invaluable for doctors pharmacists and nurses working in oncology and haematology.

Jane Fraser

Being invited to speak. Choosing your medium. Researching your presentation. Outlining your presentation. Presentation structure: the body of the talk. Presentation structure: classy conclusion. Scripting your presentation. Choosing and using words. Learn from professional orators. Slides - basic principles. Slides - titles. Slides - text. Slides - tables. Sides - general hints for graphs and charts. Slides - Line graphs and scatter plots. Slides - bar charts. Slides - pie charts. Using flipcharts, whiteboards and blackboards effectively. Using the overhead projector. Using video effectively. Rehearsing your presentation. Keeping track. Arriving well prepared. Last-minute checks. Delivering your presentation: your voice. Delivering your presentation: body language. Keeping up appearances. Handling presentation nerves. Dealing with disaster. Answering questions. Handling difficult people in seminar groups.