How to Lecture Like a Med School Professor

Sinning Method: Read the powerpoint slides word for word, using the laser pointer to point to which word you are currently reading.

Rockhold Method: Try to ride on Dr. Kermode's popularity coattails by writing on the board old school style, but only write exactly what is already on the powerpoint that you have distributed to the class.

Dr. Galli Style: Throw in the random expletive and disgusting picture to keep the crowd interested.

Dr. and Lady Arceneaux Method: Keep it simple. White powerpoint, black Times New Roman font. And of course, read directly off the slides.

Dr. Smith Method: Use visually distracting powerpoint colors (i.e., purple) and put entirely too much information in the power point. Then, a week before the exam, send out a one page "summary" of what the students actually need to know.

Gross Anatomy Style: All pictures directly from the textbook; do not put a single word on the slides; and let the students attempt to take notes without knowing how to spell words like "hemiazygous vein," "sternocleidomastoid muscle," and "platysma muscle."

Dr. Ard Method: All pictures directly from the textbook, which nobody bought; do not put a single word on the slides; and lecture about something completely irrelevant at volumes only audible to lemurs.

Pathology Style: Use the same ridiculously long powerpoint presentations each year, just change the name of the professor giving the lecture on the first slide. Also, using the same test questions each year is appreciated.