What to expect?
With this activity, we help you improve your skills, broaden your professional network and get closer to your ideal job, skillset and lifestyle.
- Get exclusive access to useful material compiled for you on a specific topic.
- Participate in interactive learning sessions with experts who share insightful tips and tricks based on their personal experiences.
- Meet up with experts and peers in small groups to explore the topic in more depth.
Target audience & participation
This activity is relevant for myUEG Associates at any career stage with an interest in the specific topic.
Course structure
The programme is structured to provide a blend of resources, interactive sessions, and community support tailored to enhance your learning experience.
Here's what you can expect:
- My Connect group: A dedicated group enables you to meet fellow learners, engage in discussions, and share your experiences.
- Resources: A selection of useful resources on each topic, available for you to watch and read at your convenience.
- Online live presentation: Each topic features a live webinar that offers you the opportunity to engage in real-time with the content, ask questions, and interact with the presenters.
- Mentoring group call: You will have the opportunity to meet experts and your peers in a small group video call setting and get individual feedback and guidance to improve your work.
- Meet-up: For participants attending UEG Week, we offer the chance to meet in person. This will be an excellent opportunity to exchange questions, tips, and network with others.
Past topics
Access the resources of our past topics to deepen your knowledge and acquire new competencies.
Writing & publishing – How to write a good systematic review and meta-analysis
Learning objectives:
Participants get tips on:
- Structuring your manuscript
- Coming up with a good research question
- Performing a comprehensive and structured systematic literature search
- The importance of quality assessment of the studies
- Statistical analysis/consultation
- Extraction and interpretation of data from included studies
- Writing a good discussion
- Tips for creating your own illustrations and recommendations on collaborating with professional illustrators
How to deal with bad outcomes
Learning objectives:
Participants get tips on:
- Communicating bad news to patients
- Communicating bad news to peers & colleagues
- Dealing with bad medical outcomes – complications and complaints
- Dealing with bad scientific outcomes – refusals and rejections
- Rebuilding confidence and trust
Academia & research – How to get into an academic pathway
Learning objectives:
Participants get tips on
- starting an academic career
- choosing the right area of research
- bringing clinical and basic research together
- pitching and getting funded
- collaborating with industry
Connect & Collaborate - How to network effectively
Learning objectives:
Participants get tips on
- designing an effective CV and motivation letter
- using social media for networking and collaborating
- networking outside of social media
- presenting themselves
- acing an interview
- using My Connect for professional networking
Writing & publishing – How to write a good original article
Learning objectives:
Participants learn
- to choose the right journal for their work
- to present their research in an original format
- to find a good title
- to write a good abstract
- to reduce their wordcount
- to write a cover letter
- to handle reviewers’ comments
- to deal with rejection
- to make their article discoverable online
Growing to be a leader – How to empower yourself & your team
Learning objectives:
Participants get tips for
- being a good trainer and teacher
- finding and being a good mentor
- giving and receiving feedback
- working and communicating in a team
- job interviews
- negotiations
- dealing with a difficult working environment
- strategic thinking
- identifying their strengths and weaknesses
- effectively moving forward
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