Improv Theater to be used at Lab Manager Boot Camp at Pittcon 2009

Feb. 13, 2009 - PRLog -- LabAct is an educational management program using Improv Theater to explore problems and solutions to common lab situations. The acclaimed LabAct training offers insight into professional issues that are rarely discussed in the open. The dramatization of these issues ensures that you will laugh and learn at the same time.

Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned pro, Lab Manager Boot Camp offers lab professionals with the management skills and tools needed to succeed — things they didn't teach you in chemistry class.

Held at the 2009 Pittcon event in Chicago, Lab Manager Boot Camp will cover a variety of topics relating to laboratory management including communication, leadership, ethics, innovation, best practices, and health and safety.

Course instructor John C. Galland, Ph.D. is Director of the UC Davis Laboratory Management Institute. LMI creates educational programs that help researchers acquire managerial skills using a pedagogy that includes assistance by theatre professionals. Dr. Galland also teaches a graduate course in Philosophy and Ethics for the Biological Scientist. Previously, as Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, he taught public health and conducted research on food borne pathogens.

Lab Manger Boot Camp
Location: Pittcon 2009, Room N427D, McCormick Place, Chicago IL
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 from 1PM to 5PM
Cost: Free to registered Pittcon attendees
Who Should Attend: Scientists at any point in their career
More information on the sessions and online registration is available at www.labmanagerbootcamp.com.

The 2009 Boot Camp is sponsored by SPEXCertiPrep, Inc. who develop Laboratory equipment and supplies for sample processing that includes grinders, presses, fusion equipment and liquid sample handling supplies for X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis. Also, standards for organic and inorganic spectroscopy & chromatography.

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