Sharing presentations

SlideShare and Prezi can be useful tools for clinicians and researchers to present medical findings, publish papers submitted at conferences and show their own works especially when diagrams, tables and pictures are required.

SlideShare is quite easy to use and to me it seems the web version of PowerPoint. In addition it shows the date of the last uploading, the categories associated to the presentation, a full range of statistics and a very useful transcript of the text contained.

• I found Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress an interesting presentation. Contents were explained in a precise and clear way and backed always by scientific data. Also the issue of copyright was addressed with the owner of the presentation claiming to have been stolen of her creation.

• Likewise I thought Journey to Transplant was a very useful presentation. It relies heavily on diagrams, tables and statistics which, in my opinion, makes the sharing of information much more effective.

Instead of traditional slides, Prezi uses a single canvas and offers a very different visual experience. As it relies heavily on visual effects - zooming, rotation, bouncing - I think it is a tool that aims more at catching the viewer's attention rather than conveying long messages or articulated findings. Perhaps that's why I could not come across real good examples of presentations with Prezi in the field of biomedicine and health.

• The best I could find is Atherosclerosis where the visual impact is kept to a minimum and the text prevails on images, videos and other art effects.