Medical Presentations

This book will teach healthcare professionals how to craft more effective and engaging PowerPoint® presentations, taking readers through the preparation of a presentation from concept to delivery.

Terry Irwin is a retired consultant surgeon based in the UK. He has been an Honorary Lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast for over 20 years, as well as an honorary postgraduate examiner in universities in the UK and overseas. He has held a number of lead training related roles both locally and for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has extensive research experience (with over 50 peer reviewed publications) and for many years has taught both medical students and postgraduate staff. He has been teaching presentation skills for 20 years. Julie Terberg is a designer, author, and speaker based in Michigan, USA. She is the founder of Terberg Design, a creative studio focused on crafting presentations. With decades of experience in the industry, Julie has trusted partnerships with other presentation professionals and valued clients around the world. Since 2005, she has been recognized as a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP for her contributions to the presentation community. Echo Swinford began her PowerPoint career in 1997, working for a medical education communications company in the US. She holds a master's degree in new media from Indiana University and is the owner of Echosvoice, a PowerPoint consulting firm specializing in custom template development, presentation creation, makeovers and cleanup, and training for large and small corporate clients. She's been recognized as a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2000 and is President Emerita of the Presentation Guild, a not-for-profit trade association for the presentation industry which she founded in 2015.

Foreword by Trisha Greenhalgh. Foreword by Dame Parveen Kumar. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Who is this book for? PLANNING AND PREPARATION. Cognitive load and One Big Idea. Planning your presentation. Starting and finishing with impact. Where to find images. CONSTRUCTING YOUR PRESENTATION. An introduction to the PowerPoint interface. Adding shapes, lines, and text. Inserting and editing images and icons. Inserting logos and crests. Alignment and grouping objects on your slides. Animations and transitions. Inserting videos. Saving and printing your presentation. Choosing fonts. Templates. SHOWING DATA. Creating tables and charts. Data visualisation. PRESENTING. Teaching online using PowerPoint. Present like the pros. Recording a presentation. Creating useful handouts. Posters and visual abstracts. Index.