Aim: To provide attendees with practical knowledge to improve their skills in creating effective scientific visual presentations.
Visual presentations can be a very valuable tool in communicating science. Nevertheless, data coming from scientific studies needs to be processed to be time effective as well as visually attractive.
- To be able to identify and to correct the most common pitfalls and mistakes in creating visual aids for scientific presentations.
Two weeks before the course, attendees should send samples of slides from their work that they would like to improve or they are facing difficulties with.
Participants also should have a basic understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple KeyNote.
Jaume Fatjó, doctor in veterinary medicine and assistant Professor of Psychiatry (UAB). Over the past 15 years he has delivered scientific and continuing education lectures, courses and seminars on animal behaviour in 12 countries.
"This course gave me different tips to improve my slides and to make them more attractive to the public"
"I have learned very useful practical things." Edition 2017.
Participants need to bring a laptop with either PowerPoint or Keynote installed.