Dear Colleague,
Every day, 30 million presentations are made with PowerPoint software. PowerPoint is fast, easy to learn, and, when put online, can be readily accessible for anyone with Internet access. But of those 30 million presentations, how many have been truly memorable (for the right reasons)? Some common complaints about PowerPoint include slides crammed full of text, type that's too small, poor design and layout -- in other words, anything that keeps your audience from understanding and remembering the information you're trying to convey, which should be the main objective of any presentation.
If you think your PowerPoint skills could use some improvement, check out Slide Presentation Tune-ups, the newest entry in our Career Planner section. There you'll find out how to transform poorly designed slides into an effective presentation.
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD;
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
Medical
Updates
Academic Advancement of Women in Medicine: Do Socialized Gender Differences Have a Role in Mentoring?
Mayer AP, Files JA, Ko MG, Blair JE.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2008;83:204-207.
During the past 30 years, women have entered academic medicine in increasingly larger numbers. However, fewer women than men have succeeded in advancing in academic rank.
Does it stick? Effects of an integrated vertical undergraduate aging curriculum on medical and surgical residents.
Wieland D, Eleazer GP, Bachman DL, Corbin D, Oldendick R, Boland R, Stewart T, Richeson N, Thornhill JT.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan;56(1):132-8. Epub 2007 Nov 20.
The University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine has implemented an undergraduate program of geriatric medical training as well as a mentoring program that matches students with older volunteers from the community.
Are scientific societies serving the needs of graduate and postdoctoral students?
Bahr JM.
Reprod Fertil Dev. 2008;20(1):19-22.
The focus of this paper is to determine what scientific societies should do to prepare graduate students and postdocs to be active and involved members of their field's societies.
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In
The
News
Ready, set, hire
Nature Jobs.com, February 6, 2008
Building a research team can be a daunting task for a junior investigator, but management skills are essential for hiring, training, and motivating talented people.
Global Feature: Mentoring
Science Careers.org, February 8, 2008
This article discusses the importance of mentoring relationships and suggests ways to find appropriate mentors and formulate career objectives to give the relationship a meaningful focus.
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Most
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Articles
Identifying future scientists: predicting persistence into research training.
McGee R, Keller JL.
Life Sci Educ. 2007 Winter;6(4):316-31.
This study attempted to identify characteristics among college undergraduates that predicted persistence into PhD and MD/PhD training.
Can the Language of Tenure Criteria Influence Women's Academic Advancement?
Marchant A, Bhattacharya A, Carnes M.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Sep;16(7):998-1003.
The authors suggest that including the word "leader" in tenure criteria may promote activation and application of biases that disadvantage women's career advancement.
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Presentations
Statistical Support for Geriatric Mental Health Research
Donna S. Neuberg, ScD
In this presentation, Dr. Neuberg outlines how to collaborate with a statistician when developing a research plan.
Developing a Mentoring Program at Your Institution
Christopher Martin, PhD
In this presentation, Dr. Martin reviews the steps and planning involved in implementing a mentoring program at an academic research institution.
Events
Calendar
Programs for Minority Training
When: March 4
Where: Teleconference
AAGP 2008 Annual Meeting
When: March 14-17
Where: Orlando, FL
Aging in America: 2008 Conference of the NCOA-ASA
When: March 26-30
Where: Washington, DC
Career
Autobiography
Gwenn Smith, PhD
Follow the timeline of Dr. Smith's career and those of other researchers and mentors.
Med
Ed
Resources
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research
The Beeson Scholars program is an initiative to sustain and promote the careers of clinically trained individuals who are pursuing research careers in aging.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
The ACGME is responsible for the accreditation of all US post-MD medical training programs. Information about all accredited programs (including those in geriatric psychiatry) and sponsoring institutions may be viewed on the Web site.
Entering Mentoring
This guide developed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Jo Handelsman, and her colleagues and co-founders of the Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, raises questions about teaching expectations, mentoring as a function of training new teachers, and dealing with diverse learning styles, personal styles, ethnicity, experience, gender and nationality.
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