Course Identification

Scientific "Soft Skills"
20213232

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Yifat Merbl, Prof. Ruth Scherz-Shouval
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Course Schedule and Location

2021
Second Semester
Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00, Belfer, Botnar Auditorium
25/03/2021
10/07/2021

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 0.50 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; For PhD students only; 1.00 points

Comments

[*] Priority will be given to PhD students after mid. Students will be required to submit a written assignment related to one of the topics of the course. In addition, students are required to attend >90% of the lessons, unless medical approval is submitted.
* Priority will be given to students under the Life Sciences field of studies
Course requirements:
(1) Students will be required to submit a written assignment: each student, alone or in pairs, will choose one of the topics of the course, and write a 2-3 pages (font 12, 1.5 space) in which they will either summarize the topic based on known literature (peer reviewed or book published references must be included), or report the summary of a scientific-standard survey/questioner they will perform on the topic.
(2) Students are required to attend >90% of the lessons, with their camera on, unless medical approval is submitted.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

25
For PhD students only

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

07/02/2021

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

50%
50%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

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Updated schedule

Presentation Skills

·       Lesson 1: How to give feedback (Ruthie) March 25

·       Lesson 2: How to express yourself clearly in a short time constraint (Ruthie). April 22

·       Lesson 3: How to prepare and give a good talk. (Yifat) April 29

·       Lesson 4:  Time management (Ruthie) May 6


Psychological well-being

·       Lesson 5: Impostor Syndrome (Ruthie) May 20

        Lesson 6: Using Body Language (Yifat) May 27

·       Lesson 7+8: Next step in your career +Panel (Yifat&Ruthie) 9:15-12:00 June 3


Communication Skills

·       Lesson 9: Transaction Analysis (Yifat) June 10

·       Lesson 10: Motivation + Mid PhD (Ruthie) June 17

·       Lesson 11: Conflict Management (Yifat) June 24

·       Lesson 12: Open panel + Feedback on course (Yifat&Ruthie) July 1

 

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Prepare and present vibrant talks about their science.
  2. Better plan their time and schedule.
  3. Create a better work/life balance.
  4. Improve your interpersonal communication skills.

Reading List

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Website

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