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Jun 11, 2018 Article
Speaking about science: a student-led training program improves graduate students' skills in public communication

by Melissa D. Clarkson, Juliana Houghton, William Chen and Jessica Rohde

We present an assessment of the Engage program, a graduate-student-created and led training program at the University of Washington. Using a pre-course/post-course study design, we examined student ability to deliver a short presentation appropriate for a public audience. Based on both self-assessments and assessments by external reviewers, we show that Engage trainees had an increase in their ability to employ effective communication techniques.

Volume 17 • Issue 02 • 2018