Completion of a day-long program to enhance interpersonal communication skills in professional envirnoments.
Core Communication Skills
for Scientists Workshop
February 17, 2025

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Issued to

Monika Vashisht

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Issue date: February 19, 2025

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Issued by

OACD

Type

Training

Level

Foundational

Format

Offline

Duration

5 hours

Price

Free

Description

The holder of this badge completed a day-long training workshop designed for graduate and postdoctoral trainees in health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh to accelerate and enhance their essential professional written, oral, and visual communication skills. They attended sessions about networking, negotiation, scientific writing, poster presentations and design, and mentoring. They created a long-term career development plan that incorporates how they will continue to enhance their professional communication skills during their training at the University of Pittsburgh and in future careers. This training was designed by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences, which serves trainees and faculty in the health sciences, and sessions were delivered by subject matter experts from the university community.

Skills

Communication Strategies

Negotiation Strategies

Poster Design

Presentations

Writing

networking

Mentoring

Earning Criteria

Participation

Attended three plenary sessions (networking, negotiation, career planning) Attended two concurrent sessions of their choice (poster design/presenters, scientific writing, mentorship or skills for mentees). Learn more