Crazy Medical Presentation, or Craziest Medical Presentation?

Giles Brindley, the man who
gave whole new meaning to

PowerPoint.

In 1983 Professor Brindley presented his findings on papaverine injection and erectile dysfunction. His presentation was a bit unconventional as recounted by (PDF) Laurentz Klotz, a senior resident who attended the presentation.

...four or five of the women in the front rows threw their arms up in the air, seemingly in unison, and screamed loudly. The scientific merits of the presentation had been overwhelmed, for them, by the novel and unusual mode of demonstrating the results.

via Andy Ihnotko. Additional and comprehensive coverage at AlignMap

If you are still looking for a reason to read Presentation Zen...

Presentation Zen has an excellent post on the use of faces in slides. Great stuff.

Medical Education in One Panel

Not sure where the original came from but I found it here, via @FutureDocs

The Onion takes a shot at Powerpoint

Well done

Great presentation on using diagrams in presentations

Good advice on making tidy diagrams for your killer presentation.

How to make Awesome Diagrams for your slides

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Not "Death by PowerPoint" but "Death Star by PowerPoint"

I love this scene in Star Wars because it is pretty rare in movies to see a formal lecture. The presenter, General Dodonna, knocks it out of the park.

What if the Dodonna used Powerpoint?

Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen deconstructs Dodonna's presentation style and compares it with contemporary powerpoint presentations. FYI, anyone who wants to do a better job creating and delivering presentations should be reading Presentation Zen.

Here is a movie with the same idea from YTMND: