Accepted standards on how to give a Medical Research Presentation: a systematic review of expert opinion papers

Accepted standards on how to give a Medical Research Presentation: a systematic review of expert opinion papers

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Background: This systematic bar drain board 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 bostik roll-cote 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.