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I honestly can’ t remeber much from this except that it was intersting to see how staff resources are divided
in the organization.
The guest speaker didn’t quite understand his audience and appeared to be giving mostly a canned talk.
While I appreaciate being stimulated to think, I think he went over the line a tiny bit too much. On the
other hand, he clearly has a superior public speaking ability.
Expected it to be more controversial.
David Nash was a difficult speaker who seemed to be somewhat condescending to the audience. he also did
not address the other members of the audience who are not program directors
Keynote speaker was great!
Great speaker, compelling, eloquent
This speaker was great, very dynamic and was good to hear about his thoughts on healthcare reform.
Entertaining, good lunch topic
Very dynamic speaker
Sound system was not very good
LOVED Dave Nash, love speakers who take a chance and really go out on a limb and speak their mind,
reminded me of hearing Larry Smith at APDIM couple years back
Very enthusiastic and thought provoking but I’m not sure what I was meant to walk away with.
I appreciate a challenge and the speaker challenged us all. One question/concern...why mention Lilly
pharmaceutical? was there a conflict of interest not disclosed?
A bit on the dry side.
Thought it could have provided more insight
Ratings are for Dr. Nash’s presentation - appropriate, succinct
Good speaker; ?reference to Lilly
Speaker was experienced and smooth; content was nothing new.
Not very high yield. Too focused on residents and not on students.
The presenter had many firm opinions but offered few concrete ideas as to how to accomplish these goals.
Great speaker. Great topic.
Energetic speaker, clear message, motivational. It did not provide solutions, but the call to action was worth
it.
Very agenda driven session with little to no interest to me
Difficulty hearing first speaker and felt second speaker was clearly biased on his opinions.
OK. The reference and advertisement for Eli Lilly was jarring.
Excellent to hear the views of the various chairs and a very relevent topic.
Dynamic speaker, though lost some credibility when acknowledging the “guest” from Eli Lily at the end of
his presentation
The speaker was dynamic and boiled everything down to a few key points.
Dr nash was a very good speaker. aaim info not very intersting
Would consider Nash as a future keynote speaker, or the closing speaker -- great for creating energy in the
group.
This was DYNAMIC and Dr. Nash was the perfect speaker for this topic. His talk should have opened the
week’s conference.
Speaker wasn’t afraid of controversy was he? Thought provoking. Speaker was succinct & to the point.
David Nash was the best part of the entire program!!!
Excellent speaker. In the future however, please inform the speakers that the group they are addressing is
not only physicians, but also administrators/coordinators. I like jokes about internists just as much as the
next guy, but it’s a little hurtful to be ignored completely by someone’s general remarks. It seems the
choice of joint plenary speakers always caters to the fact that physicians don’t care to listen to nonphysicians.
Could we switch it up next time?
Outstanding speaker from Thomas Jefferson. Very interesting and entertaining!
Dr. Nash was a dynamic, engaging speaker with interesting viewpoints
Luncheon plenaries are always so dry.
Nash was provocative....
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