Course Identification

Scientific "Soft Skills"
20223132

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

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

2022
Second Semester
Wednesday, 09:15 - 11:00, FGS, Rm A
06/04/2022
19/08/2022

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; 1.00 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.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

25
For PhD students only

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

01/03/2022

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

· Soft skill course syllabus – Wednesdays 915-11

Presentation Skills

·       Lesson 1: How to give feedback (Ruthie) April 6th

·       Lesson 2: How to express yourself clearly in a short time constraint (Ruthie) April 13

·       Lesson 3: How to prepare and give a good talk. (Yifat) April 27

·       Lesson 4: Using Body Language (Yifat) May 11

 


Psychological well-being

·       Lesson 5: Impostor Syndrome (Ruthie) May 18

        Lesson 6: Time management (Ruthie) May 25

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


Communication Skills

·       Lesson 9: Transaction Analysis (Yifat) June 15

·       Lesson 10: Motivation + Mid PhD (Ruthie) June 22

·       Lesson 11: Conflict Management (Yifat) June 29

·       Lesson 12: Open panel + Feedback on course (Yifat&Ruthie) July 6

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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