title: Practical approaches to scientific presentation.
abstract: Oral presentation differs from written presentation in that listening audience has a limited time to comprehend the subject matter. Speakers in scientific meetings use slides to facilitate transfer of information, because methods and results are best explained using drawings, figures, and tables. Schematic drawings, tables, and figures that appear in print usually contain too much detail to suit oral presentation. Presentation slides should allow the audience to grasp the contents quickly. Good slides attract attention, invite retention and cross language barriers. Regardless of language and style used, oral scientific presentation emphasizes information transfer, explanation of complex matters in the simplest possible way, and logical sequence; all of these can and should be learned by every scientist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu 96822.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003626:Data Display