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Scientific Project Planning and Management 1
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3731-25-00-02There are 20 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 01/03/2025
Date and time01.04.2025, at: 09:00 - 02.04.2025, at: 16:00
Regular seats20
Course fee2,760.00 kr.
LecturersShohreh Issazadeh-Navikas
ECTS credits1.40
Contact personMoMed Team    E-mail address: momed@bric.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD 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 NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee


”Special rules apply for this course ”


The course is mandatory for PhD students in the graduate programmes DRA and MoMeD and therefore these PhD students have first priority. This means that all applicants will be put on the waiting list upon registration, and after deadline all participants will be notified whether they are given a seat.
Please note that this course is similar to the PhD course “Scientific project planning” (course number starting with 3780)

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Clarify the visions, goals and risks of the PhD project
2. Plan the PhD project using classical and agile approaches
3. Manage time and tasks efficiently

Content
In this training, young scientists will learn how a scientific project is planned using classical and agile methods. They will clarify their motivation to start the scientific project. The students will establish their goals and envision the benefits of their project. They will analyze all potential stakeholders and assess possible risks they may encounter. Furthermore, they will learn to set priorities to manage themselves in an efficient way. At the end of the training they will have a detailed working map for achieving the next milestones.

Day 1 will cover:
Framesetting and Introduction to project management
Defining goals of a project
Finding vision, main goal and short term objectives for own project
Specification of a project - the 5 questions
Risk analysis of a project
Planning a project
Team dynamics
Execution and controlling of a project: tips and tricks

Day 2 will cover:
Check in and alignments of expectations
What is motivating me?
Setting priorities in daily life
Planning and structuring the next week
Communication with the supervisor
Collaboration in the team: do's and don't's of delegation
How to deal with stress and overwhelm
Wrapping up of the workshop, feedback, outlook

Participants
PhD Students in their first year

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:

Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Research Academy)

All graduate programmes

Language
English

Form
Teaching input, individual work, group work, peer coaching

Course director
Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas
momed@bric.ku.dk

Teachers
Dr. Valeska Russo
ScienceCoach – supporting scientists in achieving a sustainable way of working

Dates
1-2 April 2025. Time both days: 9:00-16:00

Course location
BRIC seminar room

Registration
Please register before 1. March 2025

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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