Writing

Writing essays on medical history is a learned craft. To assist you with familiarising yourself with the techniques used, perhaps read an introductory text on studying history. Below is a reference list:

• Black J and Macraild D (2017) Studying History, 4th edn. Palgrave, London
• Curthoys A and McGrath A (2011) How to write history that people want to read. Palgrave Macmillan
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Lecturing

When giving a lecture you need to prepare carefully and consider your audience. . Some lecturers read their script verbatim but this can be difficult to listen to and rarely engages the audience.

The Nobel Laureate Laurence Bragg has written some useful tips for lecturers 
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONA L COMMUNICATION ,
Vol .PC-22 , No 1, March 1979
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6500172

Here is a  link to a video about lecturing technique by David Kennedy,
Prof of History at Stanford University, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or5R_uPvPao

and here is another video on how to speak by Patrick Winston of MIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY