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Clinical Researchers Strengthen Grant Writing Skills Through Harvard’s Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program
Clinical researchers today need strong grant-writing skills to get their high-impact research projects approved and funded.
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Why Surgeons Should Practice the Core Principles of Lifestyle Medicine
If you’re a surgeon looking to build your skills to take on a larger leadership role in your organization, then in addition to improving your technical skills and knowledge, you’ll need to focus on taking good care of your health.
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The Pitfalls of Using PowerPoint for Adult Learners
PowerPoint or a slide deck is an educational norm teaching tool, especially in medical education, but still many adult learners prefer more interactive methods like "chalk talks" or whiteboard teaching for a more engaging experience.
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Unlocking Effective Medical Education Through Adult Learning Theory
The article explores how adult learning theory can be leveraged to enhance medical education, emphasizing the importance of learner-centered approaches, real-world relevance, and active engagement in fostering effective learning for healthcare professionals.
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A Blueprint for Writing Effective Emails
Writing an email is simple—or is it? Many health care professionals may find the task of crafting emails to be more complex than they would expect.
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Applying Clinical Research Skills to Glean New Insights from Existing Data Sets
Health care professionals working in a range of roles and settings can benefit from strengthening their clinical research skills and learning to examine data from different perspectives. As part of this six-month certificate program, the participants took part in a project where they were grouped into multidisciplinary teams and challenged to discover new insights using existing datasets.
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Seven Tips for Creating Powerful Oral Presentations
The next time you set out to develop a professional presentation, you might want to look to the theatrical world for inspiration. Erika Bailey, a professional dialect coach and the Head of Voice and Speech at American Repertory Theater shares her take on seven practical tips for creating impactful oral presentations.
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Medical Leadership: Past, Present, and Future
Leadership is fundamental to the success of many human endeavors. Sports, education, the arts, journalism, law, the military, and medicine all can trace successful outcomes to the quality of leadership that is provided.
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Using Epidemiological Tools to Evaluate Human Disease
Epi’ means upon and ‘demos’ means people. The word ‘epidemic’ means something that falls upon people. This definition reflects one of the basic ideas of modern epidemiology, which is to look at diseases at the level of populations.
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Adaptive Leadership: Making Progress on Intractable Challenges
The last two years have required making sudden adjustments in response to COVID-19, social issues, and tensions. To move forward on these complex challenges demands new stretches in our capacity and invites us to grow at the frontier of our competence.
