How to dissect truth from fiction?
          Use behavioral questions
                    e.g., How do you make saline, not Can you make saline
Can you trust their responses?
          Ask the question multiple times
                    e.g., different phraseology, different interviewers, check references
Be prepared
          Review qualifications
          Review job description
          Have an agenda
          Have questions in hand

Performance Reviews
Margaret Kolka (US Army Res. Instit. Environ. Med.) and Kathy Berecek (Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham)
 

Identify job standards
Conduct performance appraisals regularly
Keep communication open and honest

Stimulating Students in a Health, Competitive Environment
Jody Krontiris-Litowitz (Youngstown State Univ.)

Balance workload and training
Motivate to develop professional skills/careers
Motivate students to move out/forward
Motivate students to engage in project
A lab is a symbiotic relationship
Make students aware of what being a graduate students involves
Match student motivation to student project

Dealing With Conflicts/Romance in the Lab
Siribhinya Benyajati (Univ. of Oklahoma Hlth. Sci. Ctr.) and Ann Schreihofer (Medical Coll. of Georgia)

Conflicts between lab personnel
Personality conflicts
          Separate physically or by duties         
          Teach lab members to respect each other
                   Everyone has a value to the lab – respect that
          Help people to solve their own conflicts
          Empower People
                   See the other person’s side
                   See that PI cannot constantly intervene

Romance
          Decide ahead of time how you are going to handle it
          Make your policy clear to everyone

Can a Supervisor Be a Friend?
Lynn Wecker (Univ. of South Florida) and Pat Sonsalia (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Med. Sch.)

Be personable but not personal
Set boundaries from the beginning
Honesty is best/be direct
Get over wanting to be liked

Creating Budgets
Carole Liedtke (Case Western Reserve Univ.) and Beth Levant (Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr.)

What you’ll need to consider:
          Animals: purchase and maintain

          Equipment

          Chemicals and reagents

          People!

          Consumables

          Paper, pens, notebooks

          Computers

          Travel

          “Sneaky” costs

                   Communication: mail, phone and internet

                   Publications

                   Waste disposal

                   Computer consumables

                   Licenses (radioactivity, etc.)

Find out:

          What do you need?

          What does the department pay for?

          What do these things cost?

          How many dollars do you have?

          Know the rules and system

          Know your financial and research officers