Effective coaching for internship supervisors (edition 1 - 2025)

Internships play a pivotal role in a student's academic journey. As a PhD student or postdoc, you hold a crucial role in guiding and coaching these students during their internships, making you an integral part of our educational program. To empower you with the skills and knowledge to be effective coaches during internships, we organize the workshop "Effective Coaching for Internship Supervisors".

You will learn how to provide meaningful and constructive feedback to help interns grow and excel in their roles. Additionally, we will provide strategies for handling challenging conversations and resolving conflicts within the internship environment. Finally, you will gain a better understanding of how to evaluate intern performance fairly.

This workshop will help you become an even more valuable mentor to the students during their internships. You will be better equipped to guide them through the challenges they encounter, ultimately contributing to their success in this critical phase of their academic journey.

This workshop is for PhD students and postdocs that guide internships (bachelorproef, junior or senior) in biomedical sciences.

Learning outcomes

After attending this session, participants will...

• acquire practical coaching skills and strategies to help students navigate their internship experiences successfully.
• be able to give constructive feedback to students that fosters intern growth and learning.
• be able to handle difficult conversations and resolve conflicts in a professional and constructive manner.
• be able to conduct fair evaluations of intern performance, recognizing strengths and areas for improvement.

Competences

An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:

• interpersonal competences
  • mentoring
  • coaching
  • oral communication
• personal effectiveness
  • responsibility
  • self-development

For whom?

• PhD students and postdocs of the Doctoral School of Health & Life Sciences (Biomedical Sciences)

When and where?

• 23 January, 2025 - 13:00-15:30
• Campus Diepenbeek, building D, room C20

Registration?

• Registration is possible here until January 05, 2025.
• Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).

Acknowledged as?

• DS H&LS: eligible as transferable skills courses/activities. If you follow two optional modules, this can count for half a course in the category: ‘transferable skills’.