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This chapter is concerned with the overall nature of an academic lecture, its importance and context and its place in surgical education and practice. First we define what an academic lecture is, and then consider the types of academic lecture as well as its overall structure and purpose. We also describe the essential ideas of the lecture format using principles from linguistics and use this as a platform for describing the planning and delivery of a lecture for a variety of forums.
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Murtuza, B., Athanasiou, T. (2010). How to Structure an Academic Lecture. In: Athanasiou, T., Debas, H., Darzi, A. (eds) Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71915-1_46
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