Week 7

Materials

Class slides

Responding to questions slides

Schedule

To do by next week

Prepare mock presentation 2.0

I might send you some extra comments and feedback after class
Incorporate the feedback and streamline your presentation
Iterate with your faculty advisor
Practice makes perfect. :-)

Prepare for Q&A

Go over this presentation about best practices to answer questions about your presentation.
Identify 4 - 5 bins that you expect faculty review questions to fall into (e.g. model selection, data management, statistical analyses). Write them down.
Brainstorm who would be most appropriate to respond to questions in each bin.
Write down 2 - 3 questions in each bin that you might expect (and/or are afraid of getting) during your faculty review Prepare, if necessary, any extra slides you might need during your Q&A

Keep working on…

Updating your DIP: all DIPs need more details about their main deliverable
Getting your preliminary results or creating a prototype for review

MEDS faculty reviews watch party

This is an optional event to prepare for your MEDS Faculty Reviews.

What: watching two recordings of previous MEDS faculty reviews

When: Thursday, February 22, 3:15 - 4:15

Where: At Bren, room 1414

Who: everyone in MEDS can come and will benefit from it! This is an optional event and it will be especially beneficial if you couldn’t make it to MESM presentations.