Mentoring / Portfolio I

Fac. Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Mentoring / Portfolio I

Full course description

The mentoring track in BMS is meant to provide support to your learning. The learning includes BMS-related expertise like biomedical knowledge and research skills, as well as the development of competences like communication and collaboration skills. You will capture your learning in a portfolio, and support reflections on your competences and skills with evidence where possible. The mentor will support you while you explore your competences and skills, helps you set goals, provides feedback on your reflections and portfolio, and eventually assesses your growth.

Course objectives

The BMS Career skills are:

Professional/Collaborator 

  • The ability to take an active and reliable role in teamwork
  • The ability to accept and incorporate feedback and to provide feedback
  • The ability to manage time properly;
  • Taking responsibility for own personal and academic development; 
  • The ability to act according ethical standards. 

Biomedical expert /Investigator 

  • The ability to critically reflect on Biomedical Research; 
  • Understanding the values of the empirical cycle of research. 

Communicator 

  • The ability to communicate scientific ideas effectively in writing and oral presentation; 
  • The ability to communicate properly with others in non-academic and academic settings. 

Creator/Innovator/Forerunner/Groundbreaker 

  • The ability to generate novel and effective ideas/views/concepts, to stand up for opinions, to criticize cherished beliefs; 
  • The ability to develop innovative solutions;
  • The ability to foresee future applications/directions to experimental work .
MBS1009
Year
1 Sep 2024
31 Aug 2025
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ECTS credits: 
3.0
Instruction language: 
English
Coordinator:
Teaching methods: 
Skills, Training(s)
Assessment methods: 
Assignment, Attendance