Podium Presentation Guidelines for Virtual Meeting

• Presentation time limit is 6 minutes. 
• Manuscripts for paper presentations are due October 2nd,  2020.  Manuscripts should resemble a journal manuscript with developed and detailed Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sections. It goes into more detail of the abstract and includes information that you were unable to include in the original submission.  There is no word limit or guidelines on the size. The manuscript will not be published in any way.
• Manuscripts will be uploaded through the Speaker Management Site. A new Speaker Management Site is still being developed and will be emailed to the presenting author by September 18th. If you have previously uploaded your manuscript, it will be transferred to the new site. 
• Financial Disclosure:  ACCME guidelines mandate that all institutional and personal financial support be disclosed from the podium. Presenters must use the OTA Disclosure Template for their disclosure slide.  The disclosure slide should be displayed for a minimum of 3 seconds and immediately follow the title slide.  If the session moderator feels it is needed, they may use the discussion time to ask for further clarification regarding potential conflicts.
• FDA: Due to increased attention by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the regulatory status of certain devices used in orthopaedic surgery, the OTA leadership requests that each presenter announce to the audience the FDA classification of each device mentioned. Indicate on the slide following financial disclosure whether the device has FDA approval.

                                    Slide 1:  Study title with authors
                                    Slide 2:  Financial disclosures
                                    Slide 3:  FDA status

• Third Party Content Inclusion: Presentations containing materials from published journal articles or book chapters require permission documentation.  This includes figures, tables and excerpts for outside sources. Any slides containing third party material must include the complete source citation including figure or table number under the content.  Authors should consider substituting third party content with personal or original artwork whenever possible.
• State conclusions and major points at the beginning of the presentation or at least early enough so they will be covered if time runs out.
• Present description of study and supporting data succinctly. In 6 minutes there is not sufficient time to wander to minor points or to present data in complete detail.
• Round off percentages and numbers. 
• Keep the message short on your PowerPoint presentation slides and cover only one major point.
• Avoid complex graphics; the listener has only a few seconds to digest the message on each slide at the same time he/she is listening to you.
• Video files and animation cannot be embedded or included in your presentation. 
• An audio recording must accompany your PowerPoint. The audio recording will be done on the speaker management platform. Do not attach the audio recording to your PowerPoint.  
• The aspect ratio for presentations is a 16:9 format. 

Podium Presenter Checklist 

QUESTIONS?  Please call the OTA staff office M-F 8:00 am-5:00 pm Central at 847-698-1631or email: ota@ota.org