A global community of practice for short-format training in the life sciences
Lifescitrainers.org is a way to connect anyone and everyone who does short-format training (workshops, boot camps, short-courses, etc.) in the life sciences. This site is a place to share resources, advice, and conversation – all in the service of improving our teaching and our careers.
In many areas of the life sciences new technologies and approaches (especially, but not only computational ones) are changing rapidly. It’s not possible for formal training (undergraduate/graduate) to keep pace, but short-format training can fill these gaps. Short-format training comes with its own set of challenges, and this community works together to address them.
Membership is open to all trainers who serve researchers and educators in the life sciences
Most of the community is active on Slack (online chat forum).
This site is new, but as we grow we will host member posts on training content and videos of online meetups and presentations. You can also join the trainer’s registry and/or post a biography.
The primary goal for every meeting is exchange – what experience can you share with others that might open them up to a new way of thinking about and doing training?
Short-format training can accelerate innovation – let’s make it work better for everyone!
The primary goal for every meeting is exchange – what experience can you share with others that might open them up to a new way of thinking about and doing training?
If you have instructed life scientists using workshops or short courses, please take this first-ever global survey.
LifeSciTrainers is a community founded on the idea that we can accelerate progress in the life sciences by improving how we build and share skills
Once year ago, LifeSciTrainers started with a tweet – now we take a major step towards building our community of practice
The origin and status of the Life Science Trainers community, a short report-out on our first global community call, and some thoughts on a vision for the group.
The Steering Committee has formulated a proposal for a survey of trainers across the globe and we need your help.
