Research Day - Guidance for Lectern Presenters
Annual Multi-Campus Family Medicine Research Day
LECTERN GUIDELINES
There will be two lectern sessions (Lectern Session 1 at 1:40PM-2:25PM; and Lectern Session 2 at 3:05PM-3:50PM). All lecterns will be presented in the main meeting room: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall. Please refer to your acceptance letter to determine your poster’s assigned session. Upon arrival at the event, lectern presenters should check-in with the registration desk and confirm that their PowerPoint has already been uploaded to the presentation laptop. If not, they should provide event staff with their USB/flash drive so that it can be uploaded prior to the start of the event.
Your presentation should be eight minutes, including background/method and data, with two minutes for questions. Due to time constraints, your entire presentation, including Q&A can only take 10 minutes.
Recommended:
- 1-2 slides for background/methods: state objective or hypothesis
- 2-4 slides for data/findings that directly address the objective and/or test the hypothesis
- 1-2 slides on summary/conclusion, limitations, and take-home message
- 2-4 slides for data/findings that directly address the objective and/or test the hypothesis
Please email a copy of your PowerPoint presentation to [email protected] by May 22. Please also bring a back-up copy on a USB/flash drive on the day of the event.
Tips:
- Keep your slides easy to read; pictures are often better than text (where appropriate).
- Practice to ensure that you can present within the time constraints. Moderators will cut you off if you go over on your allotted time.
- If more than one author will be presenting, be sure to clarify ahead of time who is presenting what.
- All presentations will be saved to the desktop of the presenting laptop. At the conclusion of your presentation/Q&A, please close your file so that the next speaker can swiftly access theirs.
- After presenting, please depart the stage promptly to facilitate a smooth transition and to ensure that all speakers have enough time to present.
More information, including the event agenda, can be found on our Research Day Website. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to [email protected].