{"id":618,"date":"2016-11-27T13:56:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/?p=618"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:59:03","slug":"meanwhile-st-emlyns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/meanwhile-st-emlyns\/","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, over at St Emlyn’s…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a pleasure to be a Visiting Professor at the virtual hospital of St Emlyn’s<\/a> situated in the teeming metropolis that is Virchester. The\u00a0“hospital”\u00a0has some of the most eminent, hard working and caring professionals it has been my pleasure to meet in RealLife2.0,\u00a0although\u00a0the surgical department is a little lightweight.They have been very supportive of the move from prezentationskills.com to this new platform and in particular\u00a0Simon Carley<\/a>\u00a0has been most generous with his time and wisdom. Their site is one I thoroughly commend in terms of education, podcasting and wisdom. Their staff are amongst the best in medical presentations and I love them all dearly.<\/p>\n

They asked me if I would do a post for their site<\/a> and I felt it was worth cross posting here as some of the ideas bear repeating particularly on the reasons for p cubed presentations and the science behind the issues. (Apologies to supporters of both.)<\/p>\n

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In Medicine we all like to believe our practice is evidence based, effectual and evolves with time and feedback. In the light of ever progressing scientific literature and #FOAMed we make changes to management strategies, review our results and endeavour to remain at the cutting edge. The same cannot be said for the majority of medical presentations.<\/p>\n

Most presentations directly contradict well established psychological principles, are of the same mediocre quality as those around them and are ineffectual. A good presentation is remarked upon at a conference rather than expected. Worse than this, our colleagues aspire to this level of mediocrity. Our presentation style is not evidence based, not effectual and despite time and feedback has failed to evolve.<\/p>\n

A presentation is made up of three parts; a presentation STORY (p1), a presentation MEDIA (p2) and a presentation DELIVERY (p3). The first, p1, is the facts, data, information, teaching or message that the presenter intends for the audience to receive. The second, p2, is the slideset constructed as supportive media for the p1 and shown, as the third, p3, is delivered on the day. Together, these three parts make up the whole, the presentation. The value of the presentation can be seen mathematically as the product of the three parts, (p cubed) each contributing to the whole.<\/p>\n

A standard presentation is constructed by a speaker entering the data directly into the presentation software. This represents the totality of\u00a0 the message and the script delivered on the day. Thus p2 is the principal factor in the presentation. Effectively p2 = the p cubed value. There is more to a presentation than simply the slideset.<\/p>\n