PRESENTING MEDICAL DATA AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
30th May 2010, Warsaw

In this course you will learn how to present your results in the most convincing way, even at the most prestigious congresses – how to write abstracts, how to make effective posters, and how to prepare and deliver oral presentations. The aim of the course is to provide professional support to authors and would-be authors of scientific presentations and posters. Participants will acquire up-to-date information on the requirements for submitting conference abstracts, poster and oral presentation structure and common problems encountered by authors, plus some of the “tricks of the trade” that professional writers use.

Course consists of lectures in the morning followed by breakout sessions in the afternoon. In these breakout sessions, participants will work in small groups on real-life practical tasks designed to reinforce the messages contained in the lectures. In these small group sessions you will work with our experienced trainers in an interactive manner.

By completing the course you will be able to:

Apply an IMRAD structure to the manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal
Create a poster that meets the standards set for scientific presentations, that will guide the audience through your study with a focus on the most important results and will draw their attention to you and your work
Prepare and deliver a well-timed, successful oral presentation that will cover your study and tell your story in a comprehensive, logical and interesting way, with well-structured, well-balanced, clear slides

The morning sessions will consist of three lectures. In the afternoons you will take part in two workshops, which will show you how to apply the theoretical knowledge in practice. All participants will attend both of the two workshops on each day.

The trainers are researchers with many peer-reviewed publications, and professional medical writers, all with wide experience in data presentation at international meetings and writing scientific and medical papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Apply an IMRAD structure to the manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal

Agenda

08.15–08.30	Morning coffee
08.30–09.30	Lecture 1 – The elements of a paper: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion (IMRAD).
09.30–09.45	Coffee break
09.45–10.45	Lecture 2 – How to make a scientific poster: structure, design, and data presentation.
10.45–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–12.00	Lecture 3 – How to prepare an oral presentation: selecting the content, slide structure, design, common problems, do’s and don’ts.
12.00–13.00	Lunch
13.00–17.00	Workshops (including coffee breaks)
	Prepare and present a poster
	Develop slides and deliver a short oral presentation
17.00–17.15	Closing remarks & certificates

Workshop details

Prepare and present a poster

Participants will be divided into small subgroups (4 subgroups of 5). During the first part of the workshop each group will develop a poster from a manuscript that they will be given. During the last 45 min there will be a poster session when the groups will present the posters, compare them and discuss their pros and cons.

Develop slides and deliver a short oral presentation

In the first part of the workshop, participants will be divided into small subgroups and each subgroup will prepare a set of slides for presentation from an abstract and manuscript. The final 45 min will be devoted to presentations and discussion. Each oral presentation will last approximately 10 min followed by 5 min of general discussion.