Audio-Visual Presentation NMP601

Audio-Visual Presentation Top Tips!

Here are a few top tips for getting you going with your Non-Medical Prescribing presentations.

Start early

This may sound like a simple tip but a trap that many students fall into is not leaving themselves enough time to do their presentation justice. Dont leave it until submission day to record your presentation as this will only end up in high stress levels, particularly if things dont go according to plan in your first take.

Get in touch with your marker

Your allocated marker is an invaluable source of information regarding your presentation. You can discuss ideas and questions, as well as sending a sample of your work. Please note that markers are not allowed to look at a full piece of work. We can however look at ONE of the following:

• Slides without narrative


• A 500 word sample of narrative


• 1-2 slides with narrative (equivalent of 500 words)

You can find the name of your marker in the allocated marker document in the NMP assessment tab on Blackboard. You should also be able to see them if you look at My Grades. Contact details can be found in the staff details page on Blackboard. Be aware that some markers work part time with the university so it is better to get in touch earlier rather than later to ensure they have time to review your work and give you advice.

Look at the Assessment Brief

On the assessment brief there are bullet points for the content we are looking for you to include. As a rough starting point you should aim to have a slide per bullet point. You may need to have multiple slides on areas you are looking to focus your presentation on. Each student will have a slightly different focus depending on their case. If you are unsure where your focus could or should be then have a chat with your marker.

Are you ticking all the marking boxes?

The presentations are marked in four broad categories which you can see on the Assessment Marking Grid on Blackboard. This means you need to consider how you are going to pick up marks in each of these categories.

• Subject Knowledge This is where you demonstrate your knowledge of your case and the content we have asked you to include (e.g. diagnosis, pharmacokinetics etc). This should be supported by appropriate literature.


• Critical Analysis When using your literature to support your subject knowledge you need to be critical. In essence why do you believe what it is telling you? Think about the strengths and weaknesses of the literature. You might want to consider some of the following factors:
  
  
  
  • Level of evidence (e.g. systematic review and meta analysis versus case reports etc)
  
  
  • Methodology - how they conducted the research is there potential bias?
  
  
  • Size of study is it adequately powered?
  
  
  • Date of research you can use older research, but you need to acknowledge the limitations of this and show you have looked for more recent updates that support it.
  
  
  • Population is the study population similar to your patient? If not, are you sure you can apply it to your case?
  
  
  • Statistics dont be afraid to discuss statistical significance where relevant.
  
  
  • Bias are there potential sources of bias (e.g. the study is funded by the drug company etc)?
  
  
  
  


• Application of Knowledge this is where you apply your subject knowledge and critical analysis to your patient and your practice. With each content point, consider how this is relates back to your patient. For example, how are you going to demonstrate your own Continued Professional Development? Try to link back to your patient and practice throughout your presentation.


• Presentation and Organisation This section is where you can showcase your presentation skills. Think about your pace of delivery if you are speaking so fast that you are difficult to understand you may lose marks in this area. This is also where you get marks for following the assessment brief.

You can get support with your criticality from The Skills Centre (https://libguides.shu.ac.uk/criticalwriting). Whilst this isnt a written assignment as such, you will need to write your narrative and ensure this is critical.

Good presentations will demonstrate all of these four areas, great presentations will do this consistently throughout all areas of content.

Use Primary Literature

NICE and national guidelines are great, but they arent primary literature. All good national guidelines will have full documentation as to what evidence each recommendation is based on. If you are stuck where to find literature, use your national guidelines as a starting point. Remember that there may be more up to date literature available which hasnt been included in these guidelines.

Electronic Medicines Compendium

The EMC is a really helpful resource when researching the pharmacological properties of your chosen medication. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc#gref

Pay attention in Julie Marshalls lecture!

The legal and ethics lecture will help point you in the right direction for some of the content we expect to see in your presentations. You can also get some useful information from the legal and ethics section of the e-learning hub.

Write a narrative

It is helpful to write down everything you want to say and then you can smoothly read this out when you record your presentation. This will also help to reduce the number takes your need to record your presentation and help guide where you might be able to cut out content if you are over time. See the above tips for making sure your narrative is critical rather than descriptive. You dont need to submit your narrative.

References

You can get support with references from the library (https://libguides.shu.ac.uk/pages/referencing). Make sure you leave enough time to click through your reference pages. You only need to spend a few seconds doing this, but this should be included in the 15 minute presentation time otherwise it would be classed as an incomplete submission.

Use your time well

Most presentations will be between 14-15 minutes (The maximum time should be 15 minutes there is no 10% allowance). If your presentation is coming in at around 13 minutes then you probably havent got enough content or criticality included. Most people will find it a challenge to get everything they want to into 15 minutes. If this is the case, look at your narrative like an assignment with a word count. Are there any places you can cut down on? Is there any content you can potentially transfer to the slides instead?

You want to make the most of those 15 minutes, so try to make sure your narrative is critical rather than descriptive so you can maximise your marks.

Dont leave it until the last minute to submit

Every cohort we get a flurry of frantic phone calls and emails saying that students are having trouble submitting minutes before the deadline. Aim to submit at least an

hour

before so you can enjoy a cup of tea and relax knowing your presentation is done and dusted.

More questions?

If you have any further questions about the presentation which arent addressed in the support materials on Blackboard then please get in touch with your allocated marker or the module leader for further advice.