[Nhcoll-l] Develop the Skills to Become Effective Team Scientists

[Jyotsna Pandey]

Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science: A Professional Development
Program from AIBS

Reports abound from professional societies, the Academies, government
agencies, and researchers calling attention to the fact that science is
increasingly an inter-disciplinary, transdisciplinary, inter-institutional,
and international endeavor. In short, science has become a “team sport.”

There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success
in this new collaborative environment. The American Institute of Biological
Sciences (AIBS) is responding to this call with a new program for
scientists, educators, and individuals who work with or participate in
scientific teams.

Team science is increasingly common in 21st century biological, life, and
environmental sciences. Collaboration is no longer limited to sharing ideas
with the biologist in the lab next door. The questions confronting science
often require teams that may include a mix of computer and information
scientists, physical and social scientists, mathematicians, ethicists,
policy and management experts, as well as community stakeholders and
citizen scientists. Adding to this complexity, teams span programs within
organizations, cross organization boundaries to form institutional
consortia, and often include international partners.

This intensive, two-day, interactive, professional development course was
designed by scientists and experts on collaboration and teamwork to provide
participants with the knowledge and skills required to become productive
and effective members of scientific teams. From its first offering the
course has evolved to include a greater focus on team planning and
teamwork, and less time allocated to university administration of
interdisciplinary teams.

Nothing teaches collaboration like practicing collaboration. This is not a
course that asks you to learn in isolation. It is a microcosm of scientific
collaboration, with extensive hands-on learning as part of a scientific
team, with scientific case studies and examples.

This course is designed for anyone involved in collaborative scientific
endeavors. Team leaders will find the course especially helpful. Because
participants will work on “real-world” team science concerns, we encourage
multiple members of a team to attend together. We can also customize the
course and bring it to your university, department, lab, or research team.
This course provides the right foundation from which your team can
successfully accomplish your goals.

Participants will develop and hone the skills needed to:

   - Explain interdisciplinary team science and characteristics of
   effective scientific teams
   - Describe how teams work
   - Recognize competencies and characteristics of effective team leadership
   - Create effective teams and team culture
   - Develop a shared vision, mission, plan, and key performance indicators
   for a scientific team
   - Identify and assess the right mix of competencies and people needed
   for a scientific team
   - Use team tools and processes such as quality improvement cycle and
   knowledge mapping
   - Improve team communication and trust

Dates: January 14-15, 2019

Location: 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 420, Washington, DC 20005

Learn more at https://www.aibs.org/events/team_science_event.html.

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Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225
www.aibs.org
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