Need creative ideas for a presentation to classmates

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Nov 11, 2005

Well, here's an idea that just popped into my mind. Write a little play. Everyone in your presentation group makes a sock puppet (must be boy and girl sock puppets). Have the puppets "standing around" somewhere (you could mock up a background using some large poster board) discussing their sex and STD problems--taylored, of course to the outline of your topic. It would be kind of like a coffee klatch thing. Each puppet will have an STD and they will all be giving each other advice. One of the puppets could be the nurse who corrects and teaches them. It makes it fun and I think it will fit your requirement to hold the attention of the audience. If you do this as a play you can have a script written.

Another way to do this would be to have one or two of your group do a puppet and the other(s) be nurses who have a conversation with them, puppet to nurse. The puppets can spout off the misconceptions, and the nurses, utilizing nursing judgment and good communication skills, will correct their misconceptions and teach them what they need to know. And, the nurses should wear caps to identify them as nurses--they're easy to make out of white paper.

One good thing about doing something like this is that you don't have to look at the audience because you'll be looking at the puppets, so it cuts down a little on the anxiety of the presenters.

For a finale, you might want to do a group participation with the statistics on prevalence. Like, ask the class what they think the prevalence of genital herpes is (or one of the STDs that has the highest/or lowest occurrence). Whoever comes closest to the right answer gets a little prize (give out candy bars, or little bags of M&Ms or something--probably a good idea to give one to everybody. A bag of Tootsie Rolls would work.).

GalRN · Nov 11, 2005

This is juvenile but fun! Since they will all address this issue in their own practice it would be good practice for them! Have them practice putting condoms on bananas :chuckle . I've used this method to teach ppl including seniors (they loved it and giggled the whole time), and it's amazing how many ppl don't know how to do it right. Bananas are cheap and they could share if necessary. If 1 condom per person would get too expensive, try contacting your college health services... they might have freebies.

Galadriel RN BSN

ImaERtraumaRN · Nov 12, 2005

When I was in school my classmates had to do a presentation every two weeks in our last semester. We had fun trying to outdo each other. One did a skit, another group did a jeopardy game on powerpoint. We did a video production of "what not to eat" on iron-deficiency anemia. We went to our local grocery store (with permission from the manager) and filmed a little story where one person had terrible eating habits and two others of us had to "intervene". We went around and pointed out healthy foods that helped prevent iron-deficiency anemia. It was SO fun to do and it was fun for everyone else to watch us make fools of ourselves as well. It also allowed us to keep to a specific time allowance and to keep audience attention. It took the heat off of us on "the day" as well since all we had to do is sit back and watch. We also gave some written handout info as well.

You could film various teens giving facts or statistics about STDs at the beginning and make it in a "newscast" format. All can be done with a home video recorder...

Just a thought...

raniajovannanordel · Nov 18, 2005

I like the jeapordy idea.

When I taught 7th 8th grade math, i made up "weakest link" game on math trivia. The kids developed the questions and had to study them before they participated in the game. They banked, got monopoly money, and prized for winners. I even studied the manners of the host, and occasionally said some rather snotty things. They loved it and were great sports. They still talk about it.

enjoy

rjn

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Nov 19, 2005

A mature Power Point slide show of pictures of different STDs. Got an A on that project. Grossed out a few people in my class, but with that kind of reaction, my point was made.

suzi_h · Nov 19, 2005

Back in h.s. I had to do a 1 hour group presentation on STD's. What we did to engage the audience was at the beginning of it, we handed out candy, 2 types, correlating to ratio of a particular disease. I don't remember the specifics. Anyways, about half way through, when rambling off stats, we announced that those with such and such a color were the ones who caught the STD. The point was to show anyone having sex could catch an STD. It worked out very well. We kept 'em up with sugar and it definately made it interactive. That was the best presentation I ever did and it made me consider Public Health as a career. HTH! :wink2:

Suzi