Respiratory disease PPT

A respiratory disease PPT that can be used in clinical education, community science popularization, campus health classes, small lectures for trainees, etc., just focus on the three criteria of "audience matching, content evidence-based, and implementability" - don't make fancy transition animations, don't pile up a bunch of pathological terms that ordinary people can't understand, and don't make up sensational content just to attract attention. This is the solid experience I have gained from doing health education in a community hospital for 8 years.

Last month, I helped the new nurse edit the PPT she made for the community's geriatric university. At the beginning, I showed three high-resolution respiratory tract anatomy diagrams, densely labeled with the structures of the upper respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract, and ciliated epithelium. Aunt Zhang who was sitting in the audience raised her hand after just half a minute of looking at it and said, "Girl, just tell us how to prevent it. My head hurts when I look at this picture." You see, this is a typical example of failure to adapt to the audience.

In a popular science PPT for ordinary people, there is really no need to go through so many mechanisms and principles. Even the term "acute upper respiratory tract infection" can be directly replaced by the commonly used "cold, sore throat, runny nose", and the focus is on the issues that everyone is really concerned about: Under what circumstances do I need to go to the hospital? Do I have to take antibiotics if I cough up yellow phlegm? How to quickly distinguish the flu from the common cold? Every time I talk about these questions, a lot of people raise their hands to ask them, which is 10 times more useful than if you talk dryly about pathology for half an hour. Oh, by the way, there is no need to avoid controversial content. For example, there are actually two different types of guidance on "whether to take medicine for the common cold": one is a purely evidence-based view, which believes that the common cold is a self-limiting disease, just drink more water and rest, and taking compound cold medicine only relieves symptoms but does not shorten the course of the disease; the other is grassroots clinics Those who are experienced in bed believe that taking some Chinese patent medicines to clear away heat and detoxify early, and using some medicine to relieve nasal congestion can prevent the decline of immunity from triggering bacterial infections. You can put these two views in your PPT. You don’t have to say who is right and who is wrong. Just tell everyone to choose according to their own tolerance. On the contrary, it is more credible than forcing a single conclusion.

If you want to make a PPT for professionals such as trained doctors and school doctors, then you have to provide enough useful information. Don’t just list the entries in the old guidelines. It will be more useful to pick out the updated points of this year’s latest influenza and mycoplasma pneumonia diagnosis and treatment guidelines, and then insert two real cases you have encountered recently. Last week, I met a 12-year-old child at the outpatient clinic. At first, he just had common cold symptoms such as runny nose and cough. He had a fever for three days and his parents didn't take it seriously. Later, the child complained of chest tightness and came to check, and it was already mild viral myocarditis. I will post such mosaic cases, blood routine reports, and chest X-rays in the PPT. After each lecture, a young doctor comes to ask for information. It is much easier to remember than dryly reading out knowledge points.

By the way, there is another pitfall that is easy to get into: Don’t equate “respiratory diseases” with “COVID-19”. Nowadays, many people think of COVID-19 when they mention respiratory infections. In fact, common colds, influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, chronic bronchitis, and acute exacerbations of COPD all count. When making content, be clear about it and don’t create unnecessary anxiety.

Let’s talk about some practical details. When I make this kind of PPT, I never use a pure white or too bright red and green background. I always use a light gray or light blue low-saturated background color, and the words are dark gray or black. The elderly will not be dazzled, and the projection can be seen clearly in a brightly lit activity room. You can put up to three lines of words on a page, and you have to tell the rest by yourself. I once saw a PPT made by a colleague with more than 200 words crammed into one page. People in the audience were all lowering their heads to copy the words, and no one listened to the key points of your speech.

The version I am working on now will leave a page of QR code at the end, which contains a list of common medicines for respiratory diseases and graphic tutorials on fever care for different age groups. You can scan it and save it in your mobile phone. It saves money and is more environmentally friendly than printing leaflets. After last lecture in the community, more than 30 people scanned it. A week later, an aunt sent me a WeChat message, saying that her grandson’s fever happened to be taken care of according to the tutorial and he did not take antibiotics blindly. You see, isn’t this the biggest meaning of doing this kind of PPT? To put it bluntly, there is no need to pursue any perfect structure or high-end design. The content you talk about is what the audience really needs. You stick to the bottom line of evidence-based and do not spread rumors. No matter how simple it is, it is still a good and qualified PPT.