Reading

Schmidt & Brown (2021). Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses:

• Chapter 19.2: The 3Ps of Dissemination

Objective

• Describe strategies that make oral presentations successful

• Summarize what you have learned and found in this course

Oral Presentations

• Presentations

  • = Scholarly oral presentations to disseminate new knowledge

• Two most common mistakes made by presenters

  • (1) Read directly from slides

    • The audience can become disengaged from the presentation

    • Keep PowerPoint slides bulleted with phrases

    • Presenters should strive to present more depth and detail about the topic through speaking rather than through visual aids

  • (2) Disregard time constraints

    • Presenters are expected to adhere to the time limitations for their presentations

    • Inconsiderate to continue speaking after room moderators have indicated that the time has expired

    • Fail to be present during the entire presentation session

      • Four to six presentations are typically grouped together over 90 minutes; therefore, if a speaker runs too long, it imposes on the time left for others

• Behaviors

  • Confidence

    • Conveyed to attendees when presenters are professionally dressed

  • Arrive early

    • Confirm their presence with room moderators and that last-minute scheduling changes have not been made

    • Test audiovisual aids

  • Make yourselves available at the conclusion of presentation sessions

    • Attendees might with to network

• The last names of the students have been removed in these examples

• Note that they followed a different grading rubric in Autumn 2020, so do not copy their format/structure!

As you listen to the presentations by your classmates, provide your feedback in the following Excel sheet.

• Please provide a meaningful feedback:

  • If you like the presentation, mention what/why/how you like it about

  • Generic comments like "I like it" or "good job" will result in points reduction

  • If you provide a critique, do not ever blame a person!

    • Just point out the issue and suggest how it can be improved