Developing Your Skills
As a student in a graduate or professional program, there are many
skills you will need to acquire to be successful in your chosen
profession.
Some of these you will learn from your mentor. Some you will need to
find other means of learning them. Here are some pages with information
and links to help you out.
Professional ethics
Professional attitudes
Professional behavior
Use of animals and humans
in research
Confidentiality
Laboratory-related skills
Use of animals and humans
in research
Laboratory safety
Laboratory instrumentation
Laboratory practices
Research/analytical skills
Problem solving/reasoning
Planning
Experimental design
Informational technology
Data analysis
Time management
Resource management
Scientific literature
Communication skills
Interviewing
Presentations
Technical writing
Grant writing- NRSA
Grant writing-other
Peer review
Teaching and mentoring skills
Teaching
Mentoring: skills for being a mentor
Mentoring: skills for utilizing a mentor
Personnel and management skills
Supervising staff and other employees
Management of projects/grants
(see
Postdoctoral
page)
Networking
Working in teams
Lifelong learning skills
Lifelong and independent learning
Career development skills
Career planning
Interacting with professional societies
Entrepreneurial skills (see
postdoctoral page)
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