Professional Skills Training Program (PSTP)

The PSTP, with light breakfast, begins at 8 a.m on the 2nd Thursday of each month. in West Pavilion, Room E

June 13, 2013 8-9:30 in West Pavilion Boardroom

A Presentation on Presentations:

Developing Scientific Presentations
Stephen Glasser, MD, Professor

School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine

School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology

Disclosures: NIH, Amgen

Goals: The goal of this seminar is to provide the foundation for a good presentation.

Objectives:

Provide pointers on PowerPoint slide development
Understand the components of a presentation that keeps the audience interested and attentive.

The PSTP is designed to provide practical assistance in the areas of scientific writing (such as the development of grants and scientific manuscripts), scientific presentations, career development, and leadership. Sponsored by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, the target audience of the PSTP is all faculty, staff, trainees and students interested in expanding their professional skills in the stated areas.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates the seminar for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of ethnicity, gender, faith, gender identify and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.

There is no commercial support for this activity

May Presenter: Lee Vucovich, Lister Hill Library

Title: Beyond the Basics: Finding the Right Information Fast. Slides.

Goals: The goal of this seminar is to introduce library tools and search strategies that result in quick, effective searches. Topics include finding articles, keeping up with the literature, finding journals to publish in, and author metrics.

April Presenter: Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, UAB School of Nursing

Title: Developing Mentoring

Goals: The goals of this seminar are to take another look at the development, implementation, and evaluation of the mentoring research relationship. Copies of presentation slides and references.

Click on the respective hyperlinks to download the Personal Development Plan or the Mentoring Contract.

March Presenter: Jeff Engler, PhD, UAB Graduate School. View slides.

Title: Challenges of Ethical Authorship

Goals: Students and faculty will learn about the challenges of authorship, the academic style of writing, and ethical presentation of data in images and figures.

February Presenter: Melissa McBrayer, M.Ed., CCTS Research Commons. View slides.

Goal: To provide information on preparing career development and training plans for NIH Career Development Awards (K) and NRSA Fellowship (F) applications.

Archived 2012 PSTP sessions are also available.

The UAB CCTS is supported through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grant UL1 TR000165.The CTSA program is led by the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The content of this website is solely the responsibility of UAB and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.