Guidelines for the CC presentations of clinical cases – DFASM1
no set nb of slides – questions can appear anywhere in the slideshow: content
The continuous assessment or CC (Contrôle Continu) will be a 30-minute-long
talk, in teams of 3, meaning you must work together and practice your
presentation together. You must:
- present a clinical case as if it was a “dossier progressif”, asking questions to the audience,
- present a research article (see pubmed) about one aspect of the case
- present a part of a consultation with the patient (role-play)
Task:
You should choose a sturdy case you followed during an internship and adapt it
for your presentation: determine why the case matters to your audience and
explain it thanks to the content of your presentation. For the oral presentation,
only select the information that is relevant to your take-home message, which
should underline why this specific case mattered. You will not say everything,
only what matters to understand the message. For example, a case might
underline the recommended treatment failed and what was done instead and you
should then explain what the recommended treatment usually is and focus on
what happened to the patient after receiving first the recommended treatment
and then the alternative treatment. In this case, your research article could be
about the treatments for the pathology and the consultation excerpt could be the
moment when the doctor explains to the patient that the 1st treatment failed and
why they are changing treatment strategies.
 Hard and fast rules:
 About a clinical case: one you have followed during your traineeships
 Buttressed by at least 1 research article - mailed to your teacher at least 1
week before you take the stage: you will use it to explain/ unfold the clinical
case and help the audience better understand one aspect of the case (diagnosis,
treatment, etc.)
 You may add results & figures (blood sample, epidemiology map, bar chart, etc)
 Must include about 10 questions to the audience
 During the mock consultation, even speaking time between doctor (ex-
Rangueil student), patient (ideally ex-Purpan student) & 3rd student (determine
their role/s ie relative, nurse, shadowing resident, ex-cathedra voice, other) =>
rehearse together so as to have a seamless presentation.
 No notes allowed.
 Check your PPT thoroughly => review instructions on moodle “how to give
a winning ppt presentation” & “PPT ticking recap”
Slideshow design:
slides are flexible according to the case you choose and your main message.
Indication of content, if applicable (what is bold is compulsory):
Slide 1 = Title of the case, your names, class and date of the presentation
Slide 2 = Overview (without mentioning take-home message & bibliography)
Slide 3 = Context/ background (on the pathology/ treatment options)
Slide 4 = Patient information (gender, age etc.) and history
Slide 5 = Presenting complaint & examination results
Slide 6 = Further investigations, results and diagnosis
Slide 7 = Treatment
Slide 8 = Prognosis and future considerations
Slide 9 = Importance of the case report/ impact on the medical community
Slide 10 = Take-home message
Slide 11 = Bibliography
 Add at least 1 slide about the article you chose in one of the parts above.
 Add at least 1 slide regarding the consultation part you will perform to
explain its context and importance.
You may add any further datum you think your classmates would need to
understand the take-home message (= why you chose this case/ pathology/ etc).
 Recommendations – what to do to gain more points:
 Ask yourself “what is my main message through the presentation of this
case?” and then include any information relevant or useful to explain that
message. Include visuals in your slideshow to help communicate this message.
 Follow the guidelines on how to make a quality slideshow.
 Practice together at least 4 times so as to time yourself on the 4th
rehearsal: if you speak too long (or too short), you must change the content of
your slideshow to either include more or take some out.
 During your presentation, remember body language, eye contact, good
volume and energy + pretend you are passionate about your topic and happy
to be there.
 ‘peer-reviewed’ literature – how to find a valid research article
· www.thelancet.com · www.nature.com
· www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed · http://www.frontiersin.org/
· http://www.bmj.com/ (BMJ Open is free) · http://www.sciencedirect.com/
· New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/
· http://jama.jamanetwork.com/journal.aspx
· www.cmajopen.ca (free Canadian Medical Association Journal)
· http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ (Israel Medical Association Journal)
· http://content.onlinejacc.org/journal.aspx (JACC) (etc)