Feedback and Communications

Course Description:
Young researchers communicate in many different directions and at many different occasions. Strong communication skills are essential since they work with supervisors, employees, clients, colleagues or stakeholders, to name just a few. In this context their conversational and negotiating skills are quite vital to be able to communicate on the same level and to lead conversations into the right direction.
In this workshop, we will train important tools for a self-confident and professional communication that helps you work towards your goals.

Topics:

• What can I do to increase clarity and to decrease the risk of misunderstandings?
• Essential tools for professional communication
• The special importance of feedback
• Typical categories of conversations at work and corresponding strategies, e.g. regular feedback conversations, performance evaluations, conflict resolution meetings with supervisors or colleagues
• Convincing argumentation techniques
• Objection handling and what to do if situations get tricky

Methodology: Theoretical and practical input by the trainer, discussion of experiences and questions, working in small groups and individually 

Target audience: All TransMed fellows

Maximal number of participants: 14

Next Workshop: October 6, 2026, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Venue: Lecture hall in building 207, University Medical Center Mainz

For the workshop, 1 TransMed CP for transferable skills training can be credited.