Raising the BARS: Becoming A Resilient Scientist
Raising the BARS: Becoming A Resilient Scientist
A Pilot Program from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE)
A virtual workshop sponsored by the BRET Office and the ASPIRE Program
Vanderbilt Course Facilitators: Faith Bishop, Beth Bowman, Ashley Brady, and Kate Stuart
Dates: Mondays, 1-2:30pm: February 1, February 22, March 15, April 5, April 26, May 17
Audience: preference will be given to early to mid-stagegraduate students
Application Deadline: noon, Friday, January 22, 2021
Description:
The BRET Office and ASPIRE Program will be offering a pilot program (delivered virtually) developed by the NIH OITE office for biomedical graduate students to learn and implement strategies for building resiliency into their professional lives. A small group (12-15) of graduate students will meet 6 times between Feb-May 2021 with the course facilitators to discuss a webinar viewed on their own time prior to the meeting.
The 6 discussion group meetings will cover the following topics: (1) Intro to wellness and resilience (2) understanding cognitive distortions, imposter fears and stereotype threat (3) emotional intelligence and emotions in the workplace (4) self-advocacy and assertiveness for scientists, (5) developing feedback resilience, and (6) maximizing mentoring relationships.
A confidentiality statement will be made at the beginning of each session to guarantee that this is a safe space and that the meetings will not be recorded. Please note: because this is a pilot program from the NIH intended to train our facilitators, an NIH Observer will be attending all small group discussions.
The goals of the program are to:
- Provide strategies and tools to help trainees
- increase their resilience with a specific focus on academic and research environments
- develop interpersonal and emotional intelligence skills needed for success
- Provide a place for trainees to come together to discuss
- resilience strategies learned in the previous lectures
- work toward integrating strategies learned into school, work and life
- life, career, research, school and pandemic stress in a facilitated setting
Expectations:
- Required attendance at 6 group meetings via Zoom (1hr) according to the dates provided above.
- Prior to the group meeting, watching the provided webinar (2 hours each) via YouTube either asynchronously or synchronously (with the option to ask questions in real time with synchronous watching).
- Complete evaluation surveys for the NIH throughout the program to facilitate evaluation of this pilot curriculum.
A certificate of completion will be awarded by the NIH at the completion of the workshop.
Note: If you have already participated in the ASPIRE Modules: EQ + IQ or Maximizing Your Potential, some of this material may be redundant or overlapping.
Questions? Contact Aaron Howard (aaron.w.howard@vanderbilt.edu).