Faculty and Speaker Presentation Guidelines

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Suggested Formatting for all PowerPoint Presentations:

Please maintain a minimum font size at least 20 (includes text in figures, tables, and graphics).

• Please include a disclosure slide stating any disclosures you have, or stating that you don't have any disclosures. 
• Please include only figures large enough for the entire audience of 200 people to see.
• Please emphasize more pictures / graphs on slides, and avoid dense text. Explanatory text can be placed in presenter notes to guide the speaker.
• Please include relevant potential conflict-of-interest disclosures.

Lecture

We suggest each presentation include:
o Three to four learning objectives that indicate the knowledge or behavior the audience member should be able to demonstrate at the end of the talk.
o At least one clinical case that is introduced near the beginning of the talk and re-visited near the end.

Debate

• Two speakers will engage in each debate session.
• We request each speaker prepare:   
• 15-minute opening statement, with use of PowerPoint slides
• 3 questions to pose to the other debater. (These are separate from the ABIM MOC questions you are asked to prepare below.)
  
• 5-minute closing statement
• To answer questions from the debate partner, moderator and audience

Panel

• Two to three speakers will participate in the panel discussion.
• We request each speaker prepare:   
  • 15-minute opening statement, with use of PowerPoint slides
  • 2 questions to pose to other presenter(s). (These are separate from the ABIM MOC questions you are asked to prepare below.)
    
  • 5-minute closing statement
  • To answer questions from the moderator and from the audience