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MEDICAL EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY UNIT

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Dr. Jitendra Patel (MBBS, MD)

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology

Email: dr.jrpatel84@gmail.com, Web: www.esphys.weebly.com

TIPS

AND

GUIDELINES

FOR PPT

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1. Why .ppt?

2. How to approach?

3. Major elements?

4. Basic principle and Guidelines

5. Golden tips

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Visual perception contributes to about 90% to all

human learning;

Maximum attention span of an adult learner is 20

min;

20% of what is heard is remembered;

> 40 % of what is seen is retained in memory;

> 70 % retained in memory if both seen & heard.

Some Facts

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• Dynamic, innovative and Interactive display to

support or enhance formal lecture.

• Improve the delivery of spoken message by visual

reinforcement of the key points.

• Suited for any audiences.

• Highly absorbing.

• Increased speed and depth

Why .ppt…?

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How to approach?

Define session contents

Creating the .ppt

Slide designing

Fine tuning your .ppt

Rehearse, pack and go…

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• Novelty: something new.

• Utility: provide relevant learning cues.

• Conversational value: create interest in topic.

• Emotional value: strike a chord with audience.

• Entertainment value: should not bore the audience.

Major elements

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1. Create logical flow to your presentation.

2. Slides should be concurrent with verbal content.

3. Presentation should be readable.

4. Remember, less is more.

5. Media is not the message, content is the message.

Five basic principle

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• Dark background Vs light font: “hot”

• Light background Vs dark font: “cool”

Contrast is important !!!

Eye is attracted to light on the screen

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Which is better???

Which is better???

Busy backgrounds are distracting

• all the stuff distracts you from my message and the picture

• you are having trouble seeing this

• keep it simple

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• This is a sans serif font (Arial): electronic media

• This is a serif font: printable media

• Size: ≥ 44 pt for headings and ≥ 28 pt for content.

• Use bold when you want some words to stand out.

Font selection

funky fonts are distracting and hard to read

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AVOID CAPITALIZATION EXCEPT FOR SHORT

TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS

Sentence case is much more readable!

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Avoid Text Overload :D

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≠ Do not centre bullet points.

≠ it makes text ragged & hard to read & follow with

your eyes.

• Bullets on left, this keeps things neat & easy to

follow.

Balance

Graphics off centre, centred graphics leave

little room for text.

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× Chromatic aberration of the eye causes different colors in the slide to appear to be at different depths; and makes it hard to read.

Colours

Don’t do it!

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• Simple

• Clear

• Meaningful

• Relevant

Picture

“A picture is worth more than 10,000

words “- Chinese proverb

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Imagine the heart to be like a hose with a one-way valve in it.

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Learning is process not an event !!!

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Shoulder-External Rotation View

Shoulder-External Rotation View

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Golden Tips

• Backgrounds – Appropriate contrast

• Content is King!

• Best fonts: san serif

• One topic per slide

• Key words: bold/italic

• Images – key.

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Golden Tips

• Words on a slide – 25 or less.

• Follow the Rule of “6”:

six lines per page; six words per line.

• Bullets– 6 is max.

• 32 point for text/ 40 point for headings.

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• Effective medical education needs

communication skills;

• Using audiovisual aids makes medical education

more……….

Interactive;

Informative;

Innovative;

Interesting.

Final Message & conclusion….

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Always Learn by……

• “Doing”

• “Trial and error”

• “Experience”

Remember !!!

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