Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

SUND PhD Student Seminar 2020
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3772-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 01/10/2020

Date and time	13.11.2020, at: 08:30 - 22:00
Regular seats	50
Course fee	720.00 kr.
Lecturers	Nicole Schmitt
ECTS credits	1.40

Contact person	Ditte Rahbæk Boilesen E-mail address: drb@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Demonstrate skills in oral and written communication sufficient to present hers/his PhD project; 2. Effectively communicate his/her science to different audiences; 3. Have insight into the current research taking place at KU-SUND 4. Demonstrate ability to productively interact with people from diverse backgrounds with integrity and professionalism 5. Have insight into how to generate an open and collaborative environment and networking 6. Have a toolbox to better recognize and handle stress and stressful experiences early and effectively Content The central aim of this PhD seminar is to provide a structured framework for participants to effectively communicate their research with the guidance from experts and fellow students. Prior to the seminar day, participants will prepare individual projects (abstract, presentation, flash talk and/or poster) relating to their PhD projects, with focus on communication and audience engagement. As a significant social and scientific event, the PhD Seminar aims to both bridge the gap between groups and sections as well as strengthen the spirit of community among the students from the different departments located at SUND. Overall, this PhD Seminar course aims to provide an open and collaborative environment to stimulate networking and new interdisciplinary collaborations between young researchers. These discussions will benefit research at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, as well as inspire the PhD students to think more innovatively and creatively. Specifically, the course is divided in the following elements: Preparation • PhD students need to submit an abstract before the registration deadline (18th September). Abstract guidelines are available in the course website (bmi.ku.dk/english/phd-seminar); • Based on abstract evaluation, each PhD student will be selected for a poster, a poster and flash talk or an oral presentation based no later than 1 month before the event. Instructions for preparation of presentations and posters will be sent to you and are available on the course website. PhD Seminar • Scientific oral presentations and flash talks from PhD students. Best presentation and flash talks will be voted by the audience. The winners will be awarded a travel grant for a meeting of their choice; • External presentation – scientist talk; • Open poster session divided in 2 groups where students can freely engage in scientific discussions and share their projects. Poster will be evaluated by selected judges; • Additionally, there will be time for Q&A after each presentation and networking in the coffee breaks and at the light dinner after the main event. An abstract book will be available at the PhD day in paper form or electronically, and the students are expected to participate actively in the event sessions. Participants All PhD students at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and other PhD students from Danish universities. 50 seats will be available to sign up. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All graduate programmes Language English Form Combination of external talk, poster sessions, short talks and oral presentations. High degree of active engagement of participants during the seminar day. Course director Nicole Schmitt, Professor wsr Department of Biomedical Sciences nschmitt@sund.ku.dk Teachers Nicole Schmitt; Associate professor; Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH External presenter – TBA Dates 13 november 2020 Course location Mærsk tower, SUND, UCPH Registration Please register before 1 October 2020 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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