10th Research Postgraduate Symposium
Saturday, December 3, 2005, Faculty of Medicine Building

Presentation Assessment Guidelines

  • Each MPhil/PhD/MRes(Med) student will be given 8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion.

  • Each Chairperson will independently give a score out of 100 to each presenter on the marking sheet provided using the following scheme as a guide:

Oral presentation

30%

Slides preparation

20%

Scientific content

30%

Timing

10%

Questions & Answers

10%

  • Chairpersons will make reference to the following general descriptions on the overall quality of the presentation while determining the mark to be given:

80 and above

Outstanding

Excellent in all aspects.

70-79

Excellent

- good to excellent in oral and slides presentation, with only minor deficiencies in other aspects.

60-69

Good

- good overall, with some weakness in certain aspects, especially presentation skills.

50-59

Satisfactory

- generally up to standard; having been able to demonstrate basic understanding in and knowledge of the subject matter, but with some unclear points.

Below 50

Barely satisfactory

- ideas presented are not clear; failure to demonstrate basic understanding in the subject matter; poor presentation skills.

  • The best MPhil/MRes(Med) presenter in each session will be awarded a Certificate of Merit and the best PhD presenter in each session will be invited to deliver a second presentation at the Plenary Session.The top PhD presenter will be awarded the Best Presentation Award and the other PhD presenters will also be awarded the Certificates of Merit.

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