Professional Skills

Topics considered:

General advice & self-care: Your work is a reflection of yourself and your state of mind.

Reading: Probably the one thing that will occupy the most of your time is reading science, but this is an acquired skill.

Scientific Hypotheses: Hypothesis testing is the single thing which distinguishes science from all other human activities, so what's it all about?

Time Management: You are guaranteed to feel like there is not enough time in the day., so how to cope?

Working in Teams: The solitary scientist is largely a thing of the past. Your success as an individual will depend on how well the groups you work in function. Here are some resources to nurture strong teams.

Working with Data: You have data! Now what?

Writing: Good science writers are made, not born.

Creating Effective Posters: Posters are not one-page scientific papers, but what are they?

Creating Effective Presentations: A core skill you will use to communicate your work and to present yourself as a serious scientist.

Peer Review: Science uses this form of assessment as the engine of scholarship.