BIOME graduates have to attend at least one soft-skill workshop a year. M.D./Ph.D candidates are obliged to attend at least two soft-skill training sessions a year. Please download this attendance sheet to help you document your participation at the workshops:
The soft skill programme at the University of Duisburg-Essen is provided by the section "Werkstatt Wissenschaftskarriere".
Please note: This programme is currently being restructured. Further information will appear here once available.
Host: MentiZin2
Target audience: Medical students in the MD phase
Venue: Deichmann-Auditorium or Audimax, Universitätsklinikum Essen
Time: 8 sessions, twice a month, 18:00 - 19:30
Contact: Dr. Eva Willmann
Language: German
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Target audience: BIOME members
Host: UDE Career Service (ABZ)
Venue: Campus Duisburg/ABZ, Room SG 055
Time: 1-day workshop
Trainer: Hesse/Schrader
Participants: max. 14 persons
Requirements: When registering, please submit your CV, a letter of application for a job advertisement of your choice, including the original job ad.
Registration: abz.seminar@uni-due.de (Put "AC-BIOME" in the subject line of your e-mail.)
More information and contact: gabriele.amely@uni-due.de
Target audience: BIOME members
Host: BIOME and UDE Career Service (ABZ)
Venue: Universitätsklinikum Essen, Lehr- und Lernzentrum, Deichmann-Auditorium, Virchowstraße 163a, 45147 Essen
Time: 16:30-18:30
Trainer: REAL Dienstleistungs GmbH
Participants: Open
Requirements: When registering, please submit your CV, a letter of application for a job advertisement of your choice, including the original job ad.
Registration: abz.seminar@uni-due.de (Put "AC-BIOME" in the subject line of your e-mail.)
More information and contact: gabriele.amely@uni-due.de
Target audience: Postdoctoral researchers and doctoral researchers at the end of their PhD
Host: RUB Research School
Venue: Ruhr University Bochum, Room t.b.a.
Time: 10.00 - ca. 17.30 h (with 1 h lunchbreak)
Trainer: Verena Piper
Language: English
Participants: max. 12 persons
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Target audience: Postdoctoral researchers and doctoral researchers at the end of their PhD
Host: RUB Research School
Venue: Ruhr University Bochum, Room FNO 01/171
Time: 09.00 - ca. 17.30 h (with 1 h lunchbreak)
Trainer: Mathias Hofmann
Language: German
Participants: max. 12 persons
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This pilot collaboration project with UDE’s Career Service (ABZ) is aimed at all BIOME doctorates who wish to pursue a career in the German industry after their PhD. The one-year programme is open to both genders, with a focus on candidates with a diversity background.
Language: German (C1 or higher)
Venue: Universitätscampus Duisburg
Registration deadline: 18.11.2016
Contact: mechthild.budde@uni-due.de
Programme
Seminars within the categories 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the further training programme at the Universitätsklinikum Essen are considered to be equivalent to other soft-skill workshops.
Some of the wide-ranging workshops offered by UDE's Career Service may be of great interest and use to BIOME members.
The following online courses have been recommended by fellow BIOME members:
Biostatistics/Data Analysis
Scientific Writing
Writing in the Sciences
German language courses at different levels are offered to guest scientists and visiting researchers by the University of Duisburg-Essen's Institute for Optional Studies.
Contact and Registration: sprachkurse@uni-due.de
The Universitätsklinikum Essen is offering a German course tailored to meet the needs of local international medical doctors.
Contact and registration: www.uk-essen.de/bildungsakademie
Aspects covered in this language course include: