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Design and Delivery: Conquer the Podium
About
As a student of Health Professions Education, in addition to knowledge and attitudinal skills, communicating to an audience is an important component to meet the curricular objectives, including seminars and extra-curricular activities like research proposal presentation, conference presentation, etc. Allaying the anxiety of presentation needs adequate knowledge of design and appropriate body language. To equip students with these skills, this course is designed and offered asynchronously so that students can access the sessions in their free time on the Learning Management System.
For: All undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD scholars from the departments of SDUMC and AH & BS
Objectives
- Design presentation layout based on the context.
- Use Microsoft PowerPoint for presentation efficiently.
- Use animations judiciously to increase the effectiveness of presentation.
- Recognise the appropriate body language techniques to facilitate better delivery.
- Utilise different interactive tools to promote active engagement.
Instructors
Course content
| Topic | Hours |
|---|---|
| Introduction to the course | 1 hour |
| Apply transitions and animations | 5 hours |
| Exporting the presentation to different formats | 1 hour |
| Insert and format text, shapes, images, audios, videos, SmartArt, tables, and charts | 4 hours |
| Importance of appropriate body language | 2 hours |
| Introduction to interactive tools | 1 hour |
| Types of interactive tools | 1 hour |
| Other tools for effective presentation | 1 hour |
Assessment: Assignments include pre-test, critique, reflections, presentation incorporating the techniques learnt, and post-test.
Attendance: Attendance is mandatory for all the sessions for successful completion of the course.
Certificate: Certificate will be issued only on successful submission of the feedback form and assessment.
