title: Accepted standards on how to give a Medical Research Presentation: a systematic review of expert opinion papers.
abstract: Background:This systematic review aimed to extract recommendations from expert opinion articles on how to give a medical research presentation on a scientific conference and to determine whether the experts agree on what makes an effective or poor presentation.Methods:Presentation-related terms were searched within article titles listed in PubMed, restricting the search to English-language articles published from January 1975 to July 2015. Recommendations were extracted from the articles, grouped by content, and analyzed for frequency. Ninety-one articles were included. Among 679 different recommendations, 29 were given in more than 20% of articles each. The five most frequent recommendations were to keep slides simple, adjust the talk to the audience, rehearse, not read the talk from slides or a manuscript, and make eye contact.Results:No article gave advice that was the complete opposite of the 29 most frequent recommendations with the exception of whether a light or dark background should be used for slides.Conclusions:Researchers should comply with these widely accepted standards to be perceived as effective presenters.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm), Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blome
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm), Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hanno
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sondermann
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm), Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Augustin
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003142:Communication; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D011642:Publications; D012015:Reference Standards; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: PowerPoint; lecturing; scientific conferences; scientific presentations; scientific talks