Section outline

  • Lecture:

    Grace Under Fire: Oral and Poster Research Presentations

    and

    Good Beginnings: the Introduction and Methods Sections of Manuscripts

    Faculty:  Alison Huang, MD, MAS

    Location:       Mission Hall 1400

    The first half of this session will focus on giving oral and poster research presentations as well as discussing one's overall scientific mission at professional meetings. We will examine strategies for creating visually appealing slides and posters, preparing talking points that complement visual content without being overshadowed by it, and responding to questions and criticisms during presentations.

    The second half  will focus on the introduction and methods sections of research manuscripts. We will discuss how to write an introduction that offers a compelling rationale for the research and provides necessary contextual information to frame the research goals, while staying within space limits. We will also discuss how to prepare a methods section that provides all critical information about the design and implementation of a study and anticipates readers' questions about the conduct of the research, while avoiding unnecessary detail.

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture slides: Oral and Poster Presentations and Good Beginnings File
      Not available unless: You belong to Registered Students Only

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Required Reading:

      Browner WS. Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research, 3rd Ed, Chapters 3, 4, 11, and 12

    • Optional Reading:

    • Manuscript Preparation and Publication" by David Holmes, et al. in Careers in Circulation, 2009;120:906-913 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment #2: Submit the title and a ~3-paragraph introduction for a manuscript based on a research project that you are conducting or have recently completed - due by noon on May 7.

    • Assignment 2 instructions and template File
    • Upload Assignment 2