How to develop qualities necessary to succeed as a scientific researcher

Learn expert strategies and best practices to develop your leadership, time management, networking, and other research skills from one of the world’s leading publishers.

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The key to success in any field is to develop certain personal and interpersonal skills and value-enhancing habits and attitudes in addition to subject area expertise. In this course, you will learn how to make a successful transition from student to researcher by building these and other must-have researcher skills.

You’ll learn all about the characteristics, qualities, and cognitive abilities of a good researcher and how to develop strategies to achieve academic success. This interactive course will help you uncover methods to improve networking, build leadership skills, and become an excellent problem solver. Most importantly, this course will help you identify what kind of research you’re inclined to, and thus, help you choose the right path for future research endeavors. You will also get access to several expertly curated success strategies through 14 video modules, regular assessments, and additional reading material.

How to develop qualities necessary to succeed as a scientific researcher

Course content

14 sections | 34 lessons

Module 1: Changing gear: becoming a true researcher

Module 2: Toward your research goal

Module 3: Career paths in research

Module 4: The roles of luck and failure

Module 5: Leadership, networking and other qualities to succeed

Module 6: Personal missions and ethical values in research

Module 7: Six cognitive qualities of successful researchers

Module 8: Time management and smarter working

Module 9: Developing communication and presentation skills

Module 10: Teamwork for successful research

Module 11: Problem-solving as a key cognitive quality

Module 12: Success strategies that look inward

Module 13: Success strategies that look outward

Module 14: Qualities of a successful scientific researcher - final exam

How to develop qualities necessary to succeed as a scientific researcher

Module 1: Changing gear: becoming a true researcher4 Lessons

Module 1: Changing gear: becoming a true researcher

Module 2: Toward your research goal2 Lessons

Module 2: Toward your research goal

Module 3: Career paths in research2 Lessons

Module 3: Career paths in research

Module 4: The roles of luck and failure3 Lessons

Module 4: The roles of luck and failure

Module 5: Leadership, networking and other qualities to succeed3 Lessons

Module 5: Leadership, networking and other qualities to succeed

Module 6: Personal missions and ethical values in research3 Lessons

Module 6: Personal missions and ethical values in research

Module 7: Six cognitive qualities of successful researchers2 Lessons

Module 7: Six cognitive qualities of successful researchers

Module 8: Time management and smarter working3 Lessons

Module 8: Time management and smarter working

Module 9: Developing communication and presentation skills2 Lessons

Module 9: Developing communication and presentation skills

Module 10: Teamwork for successful research3 Lessons

Module 10: Teamwork for successful research

Module 11: Problem-solving as a key cognitive quality2 Lessons

Module 11: Problem-solving as a key cognitive quality

Module 12: Success strategies that look inward2 Lessons

Module 12: Success strategies that look inward

Module 13: Success strategies that look outward2 Lessons

Module 13: Success strategies that look outward

Module 14: Qualities of a successful scientific researcher - final exam1 Lessons

Module 14: Qualities of a successful scientific researcher - final exam