Learning Objectives

At the end of this learning activity the learners will be able to:

• Create a plan for their next speaking engagement including their story, staging, movement, emotion, and visuals.

• Discern between good slide construction vs. ineffective slide construction.

• Develop a list of strategies for preparing effectively for their next speaking engagement.

• Deliver high quality feedback to a peer about their lecture or presentation.

Session Specific Learning Objectives

Session #1: Storytelling & Construction - Sarrah Lal, Hsien Seow

Date & Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

By the end of this session, the learners will be able to:

• Construct a storyboard for their next presentation.

• Refine their story line to include content, engagement strategies, and emotion.

Session #2: Delivery & Movement - Dale Kalina, Ruth Chen

Date & Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

By the end of this session, the learners will be able to:

• Understand voice/breath control, volume, pacing, modulation.

• Understand effective use of hands and body movement.

• Develop presentation content that highlights speaker’s main points effectively.

• Practice one key component of presentation.

• Create a plan for their next speaking engagement that involves their staging and movement.

• Make a plan for delivering their talk completely without slides (e.g. in case tech failures happen).

Session #3: Slides (Visual Comms) - Teresa Chan, Ilana Bayer

Date & Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

• Create a plan for the visual components of their talk.

• Identify key repository of creative commons photographs (e.g. pixabay, unsplash) that might enhance their visual library.

• Generate a harmonized visual style for their presentation.

Session #4: Speaker Masterclass - Ilana Bayer, Teresa Chan

Date & Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

By the end of this session, the learners will be able to:

• Provide useful, specific feedback on a presentation to a peer.

• Identify at least 3 key areas of their own presentation that should be improved.

• Generate a harmonized visual style for their presentation.

Session #5: Showcase

By the end of this session, the learners will be able to:

• Provide useful, specific feedback on a presentation to a peer.

• Complete a presentation to a live or virtual audience on their given topic.

This activity has received an educational grant from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Accreditation Statements

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 7.5 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education Program.  You may claim a maximum of 7.5 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme. 

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.