Office of Medical Education
Research and Development
College of Human Medicine

Office of Medical Education
Research and Development
College of Human Medicine

Tutorials

Choose from the tutorials below


Creating Posters in PowerPoint

Effective PowerPoint for Medical Educators

How to Develop a Curriculum: A Self-Paced Tutorial

Handbook of Learner Evaluation and Test Item Construction

Item Analysis

New Preceptor Orientation Modules

PBL Oral Patient Presentations

Preparing Test Blueprints or "Grids"

Program Evaluation Tutorial

Teaching the Newest Generation of Medical Students

Web 2.0 Tools

Writing Problem-Solving Test Items


 

EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT FOR MEDICAL EDUCATORS:
Designing Slides According to Principles of Learning

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When should you use PowerPoint slides? What standard slide designs make it more difficult for students to learn from the slides? How can you design your slides to make them easier to understand? This tutorial will answer these questions by showing how to design slides according to these four learning principles:

  • Ease Cognitive Load
  • Direct Attention
  • Ease Reception
  • Build on Experience

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