Presentation Skills
During your career (no matter what career you chose)
you will at some point need to make a presentation. As a scientist, you
will make many different types of presentations from those at a scientific
meeting to the classroom to the local school kids.
The APS
and the Association of Chairs of
Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the
importance of and work to develop the following skills:
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Ability to organize ideas in a useful fashion
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Ability to use graphics effectively to communicate ideas
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Knowledge of how to develop poster presentations
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Knowledge of how to develop various types of oral
presentations
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Ability to convey complex information in appropriate
fashion to audiences with different levels of physiology knowledge
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Ability to speak before large and small groups
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Ability to assess audience response to determine how
well ideas are being conveyed
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Ability to make persuasive arguments in oral
presentations
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Ability to handle audience questions
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Ability to speak clearly in English
(from the APS/ACDP List of
Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)
Presenting a scientific poster
Making an oral research presentation
Making a PowerPoint presentation
Interviewing skills
Talking to the public/media/Congress
English skills
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