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How to nurture scientists
Individual and community stewardship
Saskia van der Vies VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
14 ¡April ¡2015 ¡
How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship Saskia van der Vies VU University Medical Center Amsterdam 14 April 2015 How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship ??? What we want and what we
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How to nurture scientists
Environment !
- freedom, money, little bureaucracy, inspiring
people, nice office, (lab) equipment, transparency
Attitude!
- I have to make do? - active versus passive
Happiness!
- What makes me (individual) and others (community)
tick
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Stewardship (originally) Made up of the tasks of a domestic steward from stig (house, hall) and weard (ward, guardian, keeper) Stewardship (nowadays) Acceptance or assignment of responsibility to shepherd (steer, direct, drive) and safeguard the valuables of others
Individual and Community Stewardship
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- 1. Common purpose – challenge and vision
- 2. Mutual engagement – contribution and
commitment
- 3. Shared experiences – trust and reciprocity,
individual versus community narrative
Community and Practice
Modfied ¡from ¡Wengen ¡1998 ¡
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sharing Alter activities sharing enhance capacity information mutual benefit resources
- f other partners
Networking X Coordination X X Cooperation X X X Collaboration X X X X
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Community stewardship
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- Growing and learning TOGETHER
- All individuals should be “on board”
- Get to know “the others”
- Do you know that the message that you “send”
is also “heard and understood” !! Check – check – check …………
Interdisciplinary Research/Education
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Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (1893 – 1986) Hungarian physiologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 Discovery of vitamin C & reactions of the citric acid cycle
"Think boldly, don't be afraid of making mistakes, don't miss small details, keep your eyes open, and be modest in everything except your aims.”
Refused to submit government grants which required him to provide minute details on exactly how he intended to spend the research dollars and what he expected to find ¡