Outline of Criteria
Teams will have 20 minutes to present their PowerPoint, followed by 8 minutes for questions and answers. Raters and Peer Reviewers will then have 7 minutes to complete their assessments.
The following is an outline of suggested content. Use your judgement to prioritize the information you share in your presentation. It is recommended that you limit your presentation to no more than 20 slides.
Every team member should have a role in the presentation.
Final presentation slides must be submitted via Canvas on Friday, April 3rd, 2026 by 5:00pm
Outline of Presentation:
Part 1: Definition of the Population of Focus: Identify and define the population of focus. Answer the question: As a future provider, why is this a population that you should know more about?
a. Summarize key demographics using data, for example:
i. Geographic distribution
ii. Age, race and class distribution
iii. Language, culture and citizenship
iv. Social and structural factors influencing the health of the population
b. Identify clinically relevant needs or trends, for example:
i. Common medical risk exposures and incidence rates
ii. Common social risk exposures and incidence rates
iii. Spotlight on disparities and areas of strength
Part 2: Exploring Interprofessional Teams of Care: As a provider in tomorrow’s complex health systems, it will be essential that you understand the strengths brought by each care team member and the elements of effective interprofessional relationships among teams.
Identify the professions that serve the population of focus
What are their qualifications?
What is the scope of practice for each?
What is their relationship to each other?
How much care is coordinated vs stand-alone?
How/Where do they provide care for the population members?
What are the strengths and limitations of the team?
How would you interact with these other members of the team?
What do you want your peers to know about these potential team members?
How do each of these professionals connect with physicians and patients?
How would you refer a patient for services?
Part 3: Health Advocacy: Advocacy specifically refers to promoting legislation, policies, systems, or specific budgetary appropriations that positively affect a health issue and/or population. This may occur through decreasing barriers to accessing health services, providing an infrastructure conducive to effective health promotion programs, or directly increasing the resources and infrastructure of the public health system.
What are some of the local, state, national or international organizations that do advocacy work related to the population of focus?
What are the major areas of advocacy? Why?
To whom do they advocate?
What has been their track record (successes and challenges)?
What are the consequences of success or failure?
How can providers be involved in advocacy for this population?
Part 4: Service/Experiential Learning: Please describe the ways in which you were actively engaged with the population of focus, providing service, giving back to community partners, and/or learning by doing.
What activities did your group perform?
Were there measurable outcomes or products that could be shared?
What needs in the community were being addressed?
How were these needs identified and how do they build on the community’s assets?
Are there power issues that result in needs being perpetuated?
What did you learn from the experience?
How might your time spent in the community shape your approach to clinical practice?
Part 5: Team Reflection: Please describe your experience with this PCHC.
What did you learn during the PCHC that you did not know before?
What do you want your peers to know about the population you worked with?
What do you want your peers to know about your experience in this clerkship?
Acknowledgements:
Please acknowledge the UMass Chan faculty and community leaders involved in your clerkship, the agencies with whom you worked, and the people you met.
Explain how the team's work was divided in a way that recognizes the unique contributions of each student team member.
Include the UMass Chan and agencies’ logos.
PCHC presentations often become a foundation for future presentations, scholarly projects and/or publications. If you think your clerkship group’s work may merit presentation at a professional conference, we encourage you to get in touch with one of the members of the PCHC Planning and Oversight Group to discuss.