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PhD Mentoring: Advanced Seminar

Creating Professional Closeness to Enable Development
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This full-day training course provides doctors and scientists at MedUni Vienna with practical skills for supporting students in the PhD Mentoring Programme. Focus: Building trust and cooperation in groups, constructive feedback, reflecting on one's own attitude as a mentor and self-development-oriented conversations. Based on proven models, you will develop a concrete roadmap for your mentoring year and are prepared for any critical situation.

Learning Objectives

  • After the seminar, participants will be able to identify the phases of group development according to the Integrated Model of Group Development and use targeted interventions to promote trust and collaboration in their mentee group.
  • Participants can formulate constructive feedback according to the SBI model and apply it in a way that is appropriate to the situation and development.
  • The participants reflect on their own attitude as mentors and consciously shape it and its influence on the development of their mentees (Pygmalion effect).
  • Participants can use the WOOP model (Wish-Outcome-Obstacle Plan) to accompany mentees in a structured way in setting and achieving their goals.
  • The participants develop a concrete annual plan for their mentoring, which includes initial meetings, methods and topics for the professional support of their mentees.

Teaching Methods

  • Keynote speeches and short lectures on scientifically validated models
  • Experience-oriented exercises and role plays
  • Small group work and peer coaching
  • Reflection on one's own experiences and attitudes
  • Discussions and collegial exchange of experiences
  • Practical application: Creation of an individual mentoring annual plan
  • Storytelling and case group discussions

Target Group

Doctors and scientists from the Medical University of Vienna, who accompany PhD students in everyday clinical and scientific life as PhD mentors. The participants come from different disciplines and hierarchical levels (from assistant doctors to professors).

Previous Knowledge

"PhD Mentoring: Basic Seminar" must be attended first.

Group Size

  • Min. 8 / max. 18 people

Duration

  • 8 hours

Seminar Leaders

Nadja Hagspiel

Coach

Robin Bartmann, BSc

Coach

Date and Registration

Date: September 21, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Teaching Center, BT 87, 4. Stock, Konferenzraum, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Wien

 

Registration by email to medizindidaktik@meduniwien.ac.at

As an employee of MedUni Vienna, you log in to MedCampus under https://campus.meduniwien.ac.at with your MedUni Vienna UserID. You will find the item "Seminare - Didaktik". Open the seminar in the respective semester and click on the "Register" button.

 

The prerequisite for receiving a certificate of participation is attendance of at least 75 percent of the scheduled time. In case of hindrance, deregistration is required.

Further information: Registration and participation conditions

Contact: medizindidaktik@meduniwien.ac.at

 

Participation Fee

The seminar is free of charge for the following groups:

  • Employees of the Medical University of Vienna
  • External lecturers with a teaching assignment at the Medical University of Vienna
  • Lecturers from the university teaching hospitals of the Medical University of Vienna
  • Accredited general practice training offices affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna

Diplom-Fortbildungs-Programm (DFP)

The event, submitted for accreditation within the Continuing Medical Education (DFP) Program of the Austrian Medical Chamber, can be credited for specialists and general practitioners as “Other Continuing Education.” Please provide your Austrian Medical Chamber (ÖÄK) number when registering.