08/04/2025
I'm so excited to speak at IVECCS 2025 in San Diego in a few weeks. Here's how I prepare to make sure my audience gets the MOST out of the lectures and trainings.
Do you leave conferences feeling like you took in so much information but can barely remember a thing? Me too. Turns out, there's a better way...
At best we retain 3 pieces of information in an hour lecture. At BEST. So how can we make the most of didactic lectures as speakers for our audience? Incorporating research proven adult learning techniques. In all of my lectures I provide the following:
☑️Aim for audience participation or reflection at least every 7 min
☑️Take time in the presentation to ask the audience to recall what they just learned in a quiz instead of adding more information they will struggle to remember (this is called a learning boost and is a proven way the audience better retain the information)
☑️Less words on slides, more simple structure featuring visual aids, real-life examples, and breaking down complex anatomy/physiology into "chunks"
☑️ Accessibility: Avoiding red and green for color blind folks, large, clear, easy to read words, adding a label on certain slides with large take-home points to take a picture with their phone for those who struggle to focus - 😍 Audience members have remarked in my feedback this is their FAVORITE
Lectures
🔵 Intraoperative fluid therapy: Creating an algorithm for hypotension
🔵Capnography - Not just Ventilation!
🔵Utilizing CrVTs in your clinic: Sedative pharmacology & combinations
Lab
🟦 Anesthesia Unleashed! - 4 hours of anesthesia FUN
Multiple stations, anesthesia games (taboo, guess who), led by 4 veterinary technician specialists in anesthesia & analgesia
Who's attending this year? What are you looking forward to most?
