PhD courses - Transferable skills
The Aarhus University Graduate Schools offer a large variety of courses in transferable skills.
Information on the application procedure, deadline etc. can be found on the Graduate School website or in the course description.
The calendar is organised in chronological order.
Spring 2012
Title: 138/08 Health communication - Scientific communication in English for health workers
Description: To improve participants’ communicative skills and proficiency within their discipline.
Start Date: 28th February 2012
ECTS Points: 4,60
Title: 205/02 Talent development (Language: Danish)
Description: Learn how to lead yourself, your project and your important relations. Get some practical tools to plan and manage the project and the life around it.
Start Date: 1st March 2012
ECTS Points: 4.50
Title: 32/38 Quantitative Medical Graphics
Description: The theoretical foundation for creation and display of quantitative graphs (graphical coding) is described. The structures of graphs are covered with a description of factors and elements of importance for effective reading of graphs (decoding). Advantages and disadvantages of various types of graphs are discussed by comparing various graphing methods applied to data sets. The course uses the SigmaPlot graphical software by which the participants will learn to produce clear graphs. In addition, exchange of data between Windows based programmes and SigmaPlot will be covered in theory and practise.
Start Date: 14th March 2012
ECTS Points: 1.40
Title: 159/03 Advanced PowerPoint
Description: To give the participants an introduction to advanced PowerPoint techniques to improve own slideshows.
Start Date: 14th March 2012
ECTS Points: 1.00
Title: 103/29 Scientific English Presentation
Description: To provide participants with professional language tools enabling them to produce, correct and revise articles and other textual genres within health science in professional English.
Start Date: 16th April 2012
ECTS Points: 1.60
Title: 46/54 Medical Scientific English 1
Description: To provide students with practical guidance in medical guidance in medical scientific English in order to improve their skill in writing manuscripts for publication and giving talks at scientific meetings.
Start Date: 24th April 2012
ECTS Points: 2.00
Title: 187/03 Effective Speaking
Description: The course intends to help participants cope with the highly artificial and stressful situation of having to speak to a group of people who may whisper amongst themselves and stare back with that look that makes the speaker feel the audience is busy passing judgment about him/her.
Start Date: 1st June 2012
ECTS Points: 3.30
