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Teaching peers to talk to peers
Author(s) -
Rodríguez Armando Chapin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201200098
Subject(s) - public relations , psychological intervention , work (physics) , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , political science , medicine , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Scientists should learn to communicate effectively with their colleagues through long‐term, sustained training instead of ad hoc, one‐off “interventions” that may or may not occur during graduate school or postdoctoral work. Since such training may place unreasonable demands on research advisors, institutions should create career opportunities for “peer‐peer communication teachers.”