Verbal Skills For Medicine
Our verbal skills programs help you prepare talks, defuse conflicts and establish professional contacts. We offer books, online resources, workshops and one-on-one appointments to help you become better speakers and communicators.
Prepare and Practice an Oral Presentation
Through workshops featuring communication professionals and experienced faculty and staff, you can learn how to compose clear and informative slides or posters, speak with confidence and engage your audience.
Prepare for a Challenging Professional Conversation
Ever fretted before asking a professor for a recommendation letter? Ever
found it difficult to communicate with a member of your clinical team?
Wondering how to negotiate your workload, responsibilities or time
off? That’s understandable. Stress, power imbalance and a lack of
experience can make it challenging for trainees to ask for what they need
and get what they want.
- Through appointments and workshops, we help you clear your head and develop a strategy to prepare rationally for an important conversation.
- For additional support in conflict resolution, contact the UCSF Problem Resolution Center.
Learn to Network and Find Mentors
Good mentors and a strong professional network are key to your success.
They help you develop your professional skills, find jobs and make career
decisions.
- Through appointments and workshops, we can help you personalize a strategy to identify and approach potential contacts and mentors and maintain your professional network.
Practice Your Interview and Negotiation Skills
- Visit our Medicine Job Search section to learn more.