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Designing Your Presentations & Posters

E Person giving a presentation in front of an audience. ver wondered how to get started on your research presentation or poster? Visit the links below to learn about best practices for designing posters and slide presentations, get tips on how to do an oral presentation, download free slide templates, and become familiar with designing with accessibility in mind.

Not sure where to submit your presentation or conference poster? Check out the links below for conferences for medicine, nursing, public health, allied health, and dental medicine.

Guides

Slide Presentations

Ten Simple Rules for Effective Presentation Slides
PLOS Computational Biology article
Tips for Creative Effective Powerpoint Presentations
University of Nebraska's Graduate Connections blog
Five ways to Present Your Points with Power, Not Just PowerPoint
From ThinkSCIENCE, a science communication support company

Conference Posters

Creating Effective Poster Presentations
North Carolina State University faculty site
Better Scientific Poster

Research Posters
by David Ramos-Candelas Last Updated Aug 10, 2023 741 views this year

Virtual Presentations

How To Write A TED Talk In 7 Easy Steps
Blog entry from SpeakerFlow, a marketing company
ACRL Best Practices of Virtual Meetings
April 2020
AAMC Virtual Speaker Guide

Templates

Slides Go
Provides free templates for medical or case report slide presentations that can be uploaded to Google Slides.
Slides Carnival
Provides free templates for STEM related topics to be used for slide presentations that can be uploaded to Google Slides.
Slides Mania
Free medical slides theme template that can be uploaded to Google Slides. This site also has other free professional slides templates.

Polling and Interactivity

Mentimeter
Mentimeter offers free and premium polling features. It includes a PowerPoint plugin and works with several streaming platforms including Zoom, Teams, and Google Meets.
PollEverywhere
PollEverywhere offers free and premium features including live online polling, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds, and can integrate with both PowerPoint and Google Slides. Can also integrate with several streaming platforms including Zoom, Teams, and Webex.
QR Code Generator
If you want to link to more resources from your slide deck, consider creating a QR Code using a free generator.
Slido
Thinking about doing a poll in your presentation? Consider using Slido which can embed polling features into Google Slides and PowerPoint. (Recommend using with Google Slides).

Designing for Accessibility

UNLV Office of Accessibility Resources Training
Powerpoint Presentation Accessibility Best Practices
Checklist/Handout from James Madison University
Creating Accessible and Engaging Presentations
Video from Ireland's Association for Higher Education Access & Disability
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Accessible Printed Posters Guide
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT) Center Tips for Accessible Posters
Based at the University of Washington

Medical Conferences

The best way to find relevant conferences is to join or follow professional associations in your areas of specialty or interest. The creators of this guide have a bias towards academic and research conferences, but understand that many healthcare conferences are arranged as several days of CME workshops for practitioners in specific specialties. None of the conference lists on this page are exhaustive.

Finding Conferences

Graduate Medical Education

Undergraduate Medical Education

Nursing Conferences

Here you will find information about conferences that might interest faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the School of Nursing. This list is not comprehensive. Make sure to check the website of the professional organization for annual conference information.

Nursing Conferences

Public Health Conferences

Here you will find information about conferences that might interest faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the School of Public Health. This list is not comprehensive. Make sure to check the website of the professional organization for annual conference information.

General Public Health Conferences

School of Integrated Health Sciences (Allied Health)

Here you will find information about conferences that might interest faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the School of Integrated Health Sciences. This list is not comprehensive. Make sure to check the website of the professional organization for annual conference information.

General Allied Health Conferences

School of Dental Medicine

Here you will find information about general dental conferences that might interest faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the School of Dental Medicine. This list is not comprehensive. Dental conferences are conducted in each of the specialty areas listed below, however, this guide contains conference information from a broader perspective. Check the website of the professional organization for annual conference information.

Dental Medicine Speciality Areas

Pediatrics
Prosthodontics
Periodontics
Orthodontics
Oral Medicine
Oral Radiology
Oral Pathology
Endodontics
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
General Dentistry
Dental Education
Community Health/Public Health Dentistry
Other specialists

Dental Conferences

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