title: Evaluating PowerPoint Presentations: A Retrospective Study Examining Educational Barriers and Strategies.
abstract: AIM To assess faculty adherence to best practices for PowerPoint presentations in nursing school curricula.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  It is important to examine current educational methods and identify best educational practices that contribute to a high quality nursing curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study approach was used. Data were collected from 1,735 slide presentations from five universities. PowerPoint presentations were compared to a nine-point standardized scoring criterion for quality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings provide evidence that indicated classroom presentations often fall short of providing best educational practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings can lead to greater faculty understanding of best practices and provide strategies to reinvent educational methods that engage students.
authors.forename: Marian K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Speakman
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sayers
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*