resentation Templates

Overview

Doctors present all the time:

  • Teaching sessions
  • Audit and QIP presentations
  • Case discussions
  • Journal clubs
  • Interviews

Yet many presentations fail not because of poor knowledge, but because of poor structure.

This page gives you templates that make your slides clear, credible, and easy to follow.

What Makes a Good Medical Presentation

Strong presentations are:

  • Structured
  • Simple
  • Clinically relevant
  • Visually clean
  • Focused on learning points

Weak presentations are:

  • Text-heavy
  • Disorganised
  • Overly long
  • Confusing
  • Hard to listen to

Clarity is more impressive than complexity.

General Slide Design Rules (That Actually Work)

These principles dramatically improve any presentation:

  • One key idea per slide
  • Large readable font
  • Minimal text
  • Use bullet points, not paragraphs
  • Avoid cluttered layouts
  • Keep consistent formatting
  • Speak more than you read

You don’t need design skills. You need discipline.

Teaching Session Template (Junior Doctor Teaching)

A simple, effective structure:

  1. Title slide
  2. Why this topic matters
  3. Learning objectives
  4. Key concepts (3–5 slides)
  5. Clinical application
  6. Short case or scenario
  7. Key take-home points
  8. References

This works for ward teaching, teaching programmes, and portfolios.

Audit / QIP Presentation Template

Panels expect a clear story, not complex statistics:

  1. Title & authors
  2. Background & problem
  3. Standard/guideline
  4. Aim
  5. Methodology
  6. Baseline results
  7. Intervention
  8. Re-audit results
  9. Discussion
  10. Limitations
  11. Learning points
  12. Next steps

This structure scores well in interviews and assessments.

Case Presentation Template

Ideal for:

  • Teaching
  • Interviews
  • Portfolio evidence

Structure:

  1. Patient demographics
  2. Presenting complaint
  3. History
  4. Examination
  5. Investigations
  6. Differential diagnosis
  7. Management
  8. Outcome
  9. Reflection / learning points

Short. Clinical. Relevant.

Journal Club Template

  1. Paper title and authors
  2. Why this paper matters
  3. Study design
  4. Methods
  5. Results
  6. Strengths
  7. Limitations
  8. Clinical relevance
  9. Would this change practice?

Focus on understanding, not memorisation.

What You Can Offer as Downloadable Templates

Your website can include:

  • PowerPoint teaching template
  • Audit/QIP slide deck template
  • Case presentation template
  • Journal club template
  • Interview presentation template
  • Minimalist medical slide theme

These are highly valued by juniors and IMGs.

Common Presentation Mistakes

  • Reading from slides
  • Too many words
  • Too many slides
  • No clear structure
  • No learning points
  • Poor time management

Fixing structure alone often transforms performance.

Reality Check

You don’t need to be charismatic to present well.
You need structure, preparation, and clarity.

Those are skills, not personality traits.

Reassurance

Many doctors who feared presentations became confident simply by using consistent templates.
Structure reduces anxiety because you always know what comes next.