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Our HOC platform shares blogs from experienced medical writers around the world, bringing you tips on good communication, evaluations of current health economics and outcomes research and healthcare evidence. Mixed in with great information you will find a light-hearted approach to current issues, some valuable downloads, as well as references for further reading.
While I’m not among those, such as that august journal The Lancet, who believe that PowerPoint corrupts and absolute PowerPoint corrupts absolutely, I do think that far too many presentations using that technique actually misuse it – and abuse audiences in the process.
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By David Woods, HOC editor In the June issue of HOC, we made the point that health economists should step out of their “health economics shell” to convey research findings…
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As Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., the famous American physician and writer, wrote in his essay titled Scholastic and Bedside Teaching: “I would never use a long word… where a short…
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by Clare Gurton It’s easy to poke fun at street lingo; words such as “like”, “yeah”, “y’know” are completely over-used in most sentences. Yet we all have our favourite phrases,…
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by David Woods Are there means by which the busy professional can keep up to date by reading? Well, speed-reading may be one solution but this is rather like bolting…
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by Clare Gurton Being assertive is crucial for success in work; in meetings, giving presentations or talks and on paper. It really is not what you say, but how you…
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By David Woods Of the principal elements in communication – reading, speaking, writing and listening – listening is learned first, is used most through life, and is taught least through…
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It is estimated that 30 million people stand up to give a PowerPoint presentation every day, whilst over 250 million copies of PowerPoint have been sold. Just think of all…
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By David Woods While the majority of speakers and panellists at the recent ISPOR meeting made professional and even compelling presentations, some of the offerings were characterised by mumbling –…
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As we are now on our fifth issue of HOC, and our mailing list is expanding rapidly, we would greatly welcome some early feedback on how you view the newsletter…
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