CASE Sessions
Congratulations on the acceptance of your CMR case for an Oral Presentation during this year’s Scientific Sessions. Your participation is key to the success of this meeting and we hope that the audience can learn as much as possible from your case and, at the same time, provide suggestions for future improvements. During oral presentations the audience is usually very attentive and focused on the presenter. In order to provide this interactive participation, some details are important to remember:
1. Each oral presentation will be allotted seven (5) minutes for your talk plus three (2) minutes for discussion. This limit will be enforced by the moderators accordingly. Sometimes it may be challenging to present interesting cases in these (5) minutes, so organization and preparation is key.
2. For effective coverage of the contents of your case, we suggest that you focus on the role of CMR to make the diagnosis, leaving clinical and laboratory presentation to no more than 1 minute. A conflict of interest slide should follow the title/authors first slide and acknowledgments left as the last slide.
3. A good rule-of-thumb is to keep the number of slides limited to close to 5 (approximately 1 slide per minute of presentation).
4. As the time is relatively short, practice your presentation in advance in order to keep your time within the allotted period and avoid premature termination of your talk or not enough time for discussion. If you find it helps, rehearse your presentation to a smaller group in your institution to improve your performance and receive insights into potential questions (so you can prepare backup slides for instance).
5. Perform your talk with flow but avoid giving the entire talk memorized as it may sound monotonous and dull. Speak clearly and concisely and be coherent without rambling. Do not read directly from the slides at all times. Be enthusiastic!
6. Deliver a clear and substantive underlying take-home message from your case.
7. Look at the title of your Session and the other presentations that precede and follow yours so you understand the context in which you are presenting. Arrive early and check your room previous to your presentation so you know your surroundings in advance.
8. Answer questions in a specific and accurate way avoiding being vague or condescending. Respect and politeness for audience questions is also requested at all times.
9. Common mistakes in preparing the slides involve too much information in the same page (various fonts, too many colors, whole sentences and tiny letters on tables). Always simplify your slides keeping the useful tip of 5 to 7 lines per slide maximum (usually one or two lines will do). A sans serif font (Helvetica, Arial or Verdana) is usually better than a serif font (like Times). Font sizes > 20 are usually necessary for clarity.
10. Find more information for good oral presentations at Bourne PE. PLoS Comput Biol 2007;3:e77, visit here.
1. Each oral presentation will be allotted seven (5) minutes for your talk plus three (2) minutes for discussion. This limit will be enforced by the moderators accordingly. Sometimes it may be challenging to present interesting cases in these (5) minutes, so organization and preparation is key.
2. For effective coverage of the contents of your case, we suggest that you focus on the role of CMR to make the diagnosis, leaving clinical and laboratory presentation to no more than 1 minute. A conflict of interest slide should follow the title/authors first slide and acknowledgments left as the last slide.
3. A good rule-of-thumb is to keep the number of slides limited to close to 5 (approximately 1 slide per minute of presentation).
4. As the time is relatively short, practice your presentation in advance in order to keep your time within the allotted period and avoid premature termination of your talk or not enough time for discussion. If you find it helps, rehearse your presentation to a smaller group in your institution to improve your performance and receive insights into potential questions (so you can prepare backup slides for instance).
5. Perform your talk with flow but avoid giving the entire talk memorized as it may sound monotonous and dull. Speak clearly and concisely and be coherent without rambling. Do not read directly from the slides at all times. Be enthusiastic!
6. Deliver a clear and substantive underlying take-home message from your case.
7. Look at the title of your Session and the other presentations that precede and follow yours so you understand the context in which you are presenting. Arrive early and check your room previous to your presentation so you know your surroundings in advance.
8. Answer questions in a specific and accurate way avoiding being vague or condescending. Respect and politeness for audience questions is also requested at all times.
9. Common mistakes in preparing the slides involve too much information in the same page (various fonts, too many colors, whole sentences and tiny letters on tables). Always simplify your slides keeping the useful tip of 5 to 7 lines per slide maximum (usually one or two lines will do). A sans serif font (Helvetica, Arial or Verdana) is usually better than a serif font (like Times). Font sizes > 20 are usually necessary for clarity.
10. Find more information for good oral presentations at Bourne PE. PLoS Comput Biol 2007;3:e77, visit here.