Gomes, Alexandra

Linton, Anne

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George Washington University: Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC)

Polishing Medical Students’ Presentation Skills:a CurriculumAlexandra Gomes, Tom Harrod and Anne LintonHimmelfarb Health Sciences Library, The George Washington UniversityBackgroundPresenting information to others is a large part of the medical profession, yet many students struggle with these skills. Responding to a curriculum committee’s statement of need, Himmelfarb librarians developed a curriculum that introduces specific presentation skills over the first eighteen months of the pre-clinical years. The curriculum has been in place for four years.Description• Formal curriculum with scaffolded skillsets which require continuing mastery of skills as new skills are added• Integrated with required course (Clinical Integration Sessions in Practice of Medicine) that mandates regular presentations• Individualized feedback from embedded small group librarian (22 small groups with 8-9 students per group)• Five modules over 18 monthsLibrarian Role• Introduce presentation curriculum • Introduce specific evaluation criteria and rationale• Provide oral and/or written formative feedback on each presentation • Provide summative feedback and formal grade on final presentation each semester• Conduct wrap-up session at end of 18 month curriculumChallenges• Initially, students often fail to appreciate the need for these skills as they focus solely on medical content• Homogeneity of grading across multiple sections with different librarian graders• Maintaining our place as competing educational goals crowd the curriculumConclusionsStudent benefits• Focus and practice of specific skills• Timely feedback• Increased efficiency in researching and crafting presentations• Improved presentation skills (noted by clerkship directors on rotations)• Appreciation for well-organized and delivered presentationsLibrarian benefits• Opportunity to build relationships with students and faculty• Reinforce availability of relevant professional information sources• Occasion to teach about plagiarismIntroduction and ConclusionProfessional sources/citationsInteractivityEye contact/ pace/verbal fillerPowerPoint best practices

Polishing Medical Students’ Presentation Skills: a Curriculum

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