Online Program

Enhancing Communication Skills for Making Organizational Impact and Career Development (302970)

Keywords: Communication Skill, Organizational Impact, Career Development

Academic medical centers offer a unique job profile for statisticians. One has to navigate simultaneously through two tracks for career advancement. Promotions are based on collaborative work and academic accomplishments. Collaborators here are busy clinicians who also are expected to engage in research. A statistician has to work with a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, lab scientists, administrators, etc. Effective communication, managing resources, and meeting expectations thus become key traits. Modes of communication could mean face-to-face meetings, phone calls, or emails. Understanding aims of a study is critical, as analysis approach and findings could have a major impact on patient care/time/cost involved and an organization’s reputation and success. Real-life examples and crucial conversations encountered will be presented. Completed projects/studies involving multidisciplinary teams in which major organizational impact was made will be shared. Novel ideas and strategies for effective communication, making organizational impact, and navigating through the career path presented here will translate to any field, whether statistical or nonstatistical.