Effective teamwork, leadership, and management skills are both highly valued by employers and necessary for an inclusive climate in the biomedical workforce; however, these skills are not taught sufficiently in most biomedical graduate and postdoctoral training programs, (Sinche et al., 2017; Shore, et al.; 2011, Antes et al., 2016). To acquire these skills and prepare for careers across employment sectors, graduate students and postdocs need relevant and structured training opportunities to develop foundational skills in leadership and management. In a collaborative effort to address this deficiencies, the bioscience graduate programs and postdoc offices obtained funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Guidance for Trainees Grant. Our team developed and evaluated a hands-on training program using case studies that are grounded in the experience of biomedical trainees from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our hypothesis is that graduate students and postdocs who participate in this training will report enhanced levels of self-efficacy in the leadership, management, and inclusive team dynamics skills needed in a variety of biomedical careers.
