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Mastering the oral and visual dynamics of academic presentations
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3961-26-00-00	There are 14 available seats
	Enrollment deadline: 12/02/2026

Date and time	11.03.2026, at: 09:00 - 12.03.2026, at: 16:00
Regular seats	14
Course fee	3,720.00 kr.
Lecturers	Nicole Schmitt
ECTS credits	1.40

Contact person	Nicole Schmitt E-mail address: nschmitt@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration SUND E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment guidelines This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Integrate oral delivery and visual design effectively to enhance the impact of academic presentations in teaching and research contexts. 2. Apply principles of visual storytelling and design to create compelling research posters and slide decks based on their own data. 3. Demonstrate refined presentation performance techniques (clear speech, engaging storytelling, and confident body language) when delivering research content. 4. Adapt communication strategies to diverse academic settings – from small seminars to large conferences – ensuring clarity and engagement across formats. Content This two-day intensive course focuses on mastering the dynamic interplay between oral delivery and visual design in academic presentations. Participants will learn advanced visual storytelling techniques, effective presentation design principles, and performance skills to elevate their research communication. The aim is to enable PhD students to deliver high-level presentations with clarity, confidence, and impact. The teaching format is highly interactive, and case based. Each participant works with their own research project data to develop presentation materials, ensuring the content is directly relevant to their field. Practical exercises and peer feedback are integrated throughout to reinforce learning. By the end of the course, participants will have gained practical experience and enhanced confidence in integrating oral and visual elements for any academic audience. What do previous participants say? Asked to which extent the course has given them knowledge and competencies that they can use in their work, 100% of the previous participants answered to a large or very large extent. Voices from previous participants: • “I definitely recommend this course – it is really important to learn about the presentation tips and tricks and become good speaker.” • “This course gives useful techniques and ideas, and constructive feedback on the individual presentation.” • “There was an excellent balance between presentation, workshop and especially group session which gave me chance to improve my slides.” Participants The course is open to PhD students from all graduate programmes. No formal prerequisites are required. Participants will use their own research content to develop posters and presentations, making the training directly applicable to their work. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All graduate programmes Language English or Danish, dependent on participants. Form Case-based learning with a strong practical focus. The course includes short lectures, group work, and guided discussions, but emphasizes active participation. Students engage in exercises and critiqued sessions each day. Each participant receives personal feedback. As preparation the participants are expected to have reflected on the material they like to work with during the course, either a presentation of their own research project in general or of a central part of their own PhD project. Prior to the course, participants are asked to send a brief description of their own communicative challenges and purpose of participating in the course (i.e, the personal learning goal(s)). Max ½ page. Course director Nicole Schmitt, Prof. mso, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND), UCPH, nschmitt@sund.ku.dk Teachers Bent Nørgaard, Communication Consultant and Stage Director, www.bentnørgaard.dk Gert K Nielsen, Graphic Designer, Centre for Online and Blended Learning, SUND, UCPH Dates 11-12 March 2026 Course location Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The Panum Institute, Mærsk Tower, room 7.15.92 Registration Please register before 12 February 2026 Expected frequency 2 times per year Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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