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Are presentations required for every rotation? How long does each presentation generally last? Thanks 👍
Presentations - are they for every rotation?
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It totally depends on the rotation and the residents and attendings you are working with. It also depends on what the hell you mean by "presentations."
Some clerkships have required PowerPoint presentations (15-20 min) during weekly student didactics. Some clerkships have absolutely nothing. And most are in the middle, where from time to time you have to talk for 5 minutes about some topic that the resident or attending wants to know about, and it is usually prudent to make a 1 page hand-out with a few references. I had one rotation where one attending was notorious for asking med students to do "two minutes on topic X tomorrow" whenever they said anything stupid (I proudly made it through the month without giving a talk). But it is not predictable -- so ask people from your own medical school.
Some clerkships have required PowerPoint presentations (15-20 min) during weekly student didactics. Some clerkships have absolutely nothing. And most are in the middle, where from time to time you have to talk for 5 minutes about some topic that the resident or attending wants to know about, and it is usually prudent to make a 1 page hand-out with a few references. I had one rotation where one attending was notorious for asking med students to do "two minutes on topic X tomorrow" whenever they said anything stupid (I proudly made it through the month without giving a talk). But it is not predictable -- so ask people from your own medical school.
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Apart from the more formal presentations discussed above, on almost all clinical rotations you will be required to 'present' patients to the team which you will do almost daily.
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In two years of rotations I have done 1 powerpoint pres for Family Practice (20 min) and about 8 one on one "talks" about certain topics assigned to me during IM. That's it. Otherwise like the previous poster said you always have to present your patient to the attending, esp in ER and surgery rounds.
