Oral Presentation in Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-7

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2. Introduction

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 9-9

3. The Free Paper

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 11-38

4. The Lecture

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 39-46

5. The Panel Discussion, Roundtable, Symposium, and Colloquium

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 47-49

6. The Poster

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 51-59

7. Other Forms of Communication

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 61-65

8. What to do When Something Goes Wrong or not as Planned

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 67-70

9. The Speaker’s Appearance

   • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

   Pages 71-71

10. Tips for your Trip

    • Abe Fingerhut, François Lacaine

    Pages 73-74

11. Back Matter

    Pages 75-77

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Scientific knowledge may be communicated in the written form or orally. Written communication (medical writing) usually takes the form of original or research papers, which appear in scientific journals. Oral communication in medicine is usually made during a meeting and is often called a free paper. Oral medical communication abides by certain rules. The objectives of this book are to examine and discuss these rules. Oral medical communication involves taking the floor to speak, whether it be as a speaker, the person who gives the talk in front of an audience, or as part of the audience, who can then ask questions or make comments. The go­ between is called the moderator. Some forms of oral communication are more specific to meetings with a large audience: free papers, panel discussions or roundtables, posters, and videos. Others are more characteristic of smaller audiences: hospital staff meet­ ings, or literature update sessions. Educational talks have a didactic goal and resemble a lecture, for instance, in a course, or are closer to a case report, when they are given during a small class get-together.

• communication
• education
• medicine
• research
• speech

From the reviews:

"This book is an educational manual featuring guidelines on spoken communication in medicine, with particular advice on how to convey a scientific message … . this text provides specific and really interesting techniques in medical publishing … . The information contained in this volume can be of great importance to clinicians, researchers and also students who have an interest in the improvement of their communicative capabilities and possibilities." (M. Monticone, Minerva Medica, Vol. 96 (1), 2005)

• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Louisiana State University, Poissy Cedex, France

  Abe Fingerhut

• Hôpital Tenon, Service de chirurgie digestive et générale, Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris VI), Paris Cedex 20, France

  François Lacaine

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