Foundations of Professionalism for Biomedical Scientists

Catalog description

This course equips first-year School of Medicine (SoM) biomedical PhD students with professionalism skills, including but not limited to stress management, effective communication, and mentor-mentee relationships. The course is team-taught by National Research Mentoring Curriculum-trained faculty members and Leadership and Management in Action Program-trained PhD students from diverse SoM PhD programs. Content includes interactive lectures that provide fundamental knowledge of key professional skills, and small group active learning sessions ('Gateway Groups') during which students discuss and practice professionalism skills and receive feedback from faculty mentors, peer mentors, and peers. Course is available for SoM biomedical PhD students in their first year.