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AMA (11th ed.) Style Guide: Lecture

An introductory guide to creating end-of-paper references in accordance with the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style (2020).

LECTURE

BASIC COMPONENTS (Lecture)

  • LECTURER NAME(S) [period]
  • TITLE OF LECTURE (if any) [period]
  • LECTURE EVENT [semicolon]
  • DATE OF LECTURE [semicolon]
  • LOCATION OF LECTURE [period]

If lecture is viewed via video, add the following:

  • DATE OF ACCESS [period]
  • URL

 

ARRANGING AND FORMATTING COMPONENTS

LECTURER NAME(S)

1 Lecturer

Last name first, followed by first initial and (if given) additional initials. End with a period. No blank space between initials.

      EXAMPLES 

Cooper T.
Berben SAA.
Gausche-Hill M.
de la Peña SK.

2 to 6 Lecturers

Separate multiple authors with a comma. End the list with a period. Do not add the word "and" before the final author name.

      EXAMPLES 

Oren E, Kiene SM.

Schanler RJ, Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U, Kim JH.

Rivadeneyra-Posadas JJ, Cubo E, Simón-Vicente L, Garcia-Bustillo Á.

Zhang N, Xiong X, Xu J, Zeng Q, Li J.

Crowder L, Welniak TL, Hoogland AI, Small BJ, Rodriguez Y, Carpenter KM.

 

TITLE OF LECTURE

Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title. All other words remain fully uncapitalized except for: 1) the first letter of proper nouns; 2) acronyms; 3) other miscellaneous circumstances. Do not enclose the full title in quotation marks. Do not capitalize the first letter of the first word of a subtitle (unless it constitutes an exception).

      EXAMPLES 

The patient-centered interview process.

The revolutionary origins of the Civil War.

Health and justice: what's theory got to do with it?

Who killed the Soviet Union? revisiting the collapse of the USSR.

Move it! get the shoulders unstuck!

 

LECTURE EVENT

Course Lecture

Include the statement "Lecture presented at" followed by a colon. Then add the official course number and title, followed by a semicolon.

      EXAMPLES 

Lecture presented at: PA 627 Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology;

Lecture presented at: PA 510 Research and Evidence Based Medicine;

Lecture presented at: PA 634 Behavioral Medicine Clinical Residency;

Other Lecture

For lectures occurring outside of courses, include the statement "Lecture presented at" followed by a colon. Add the title of the event followed by a semicolon. For untitled events, name the venue at which the lecture occurred.

      EXAMPLES 

Lecture presented at: Spring Colloquium Lecture;

Lecture presented at: Game Changer: The Ultimate in Personal Transformation Seminar;

Lecture presented at: UH Seidman Cancer Center;

Lecture presented at: Hotel Edison;

 

DATE OF LECTURE

List the month and day, followed by a comma and the year. End with a semicolon. Do not abbreviate the month.

      EXAMPLES 

May 5, 2021;

October 18, 1996;

February 1, 2007;

 

LOCATION OF LECTURE

Include the city followed by a comma and the state abbreviation.

      EXAMPLES 

Pepper Pike, OH.

Juneau, AK.

Washington, DC.

 

DATE OF ACCESS / URL

Include the word "Accessed" followed by the date of access (month day [comma] year) and a period. Do not abbreviate the month. Then add the URL for the website. Do not include a period after the URL.

      EXAMPLES 

Accessed April 16, 2020. https://campioncollege.ca/events/nash-lecture/

Accessed January 25, 2023. https://oir.nih.gov/wals/2022-2023/immune-system-bacteria-beyond-crispr

Accessed October 9, 2017. https://vimeo.com/90056128

 

SAMPLE REFERENCES (Lecture)

Adler R. I am an ethical being. Lecture presented at: PA 500 Practice, Policy and Bioethics; January 9, 2023; Pepper Pike, OH.

Basilius E, Colabuno A. Lecture presented at: PA 615 Women's Health and Reproductive Medicine; October 12, 2022; Pepper Pike, OH. Accessed November 29, 2022. https://ursuline.desire2learn.com/d2l/f23/pa615/content/video/repro-med

Long D, Adler R, Basilius E. Irritable bowel or senioritis? a meta-analysis of Ursuline College students' health complaints. Lecture presented at: Digestive Disease & Surgery InstituteJune 30, 2020; Cleveland, OH.

Birx DL. Delivering an AIDS-free generation. Lecture presented at: University of California, Berkeley; October 9, 2014; Berkeley, CA.

Gable CA. Lecture presented at: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences; January 15, 2019; Iowa City, IA. Accessed April 20, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_GrtdPnK7