Ombuds Workshops
Conflict Competence Workshops for Academics
Presented by UC Davis Office of the Ombuds
Conflict has the power to reduce productivity, strain relationships, and impact morale. However, if managed constructively, conflict can strengthen collaboration, foster creativity, and contribute to a high functioning, successful team. These interactive workshops provide tools, techniques, and skills to effectively prevent and resolve conflicts with a special focus on research and clinical conflict. You will learn how to recognize conflict before it escalates, navigate interpersonal dynamics, build trust, and navigate difficult conversations.
Developing Resilient Research Collaborations
Successful research often relies on collaborations – with trainees, with colleagues, and with external partners. Learn to proactively establish and maintain collaborative relationships as well as employ strategies for creative problem solving when conflicts emerge on research projects. There will be examples from the biomedical, clinical, and social sciences but this workshop should be relevant for other disciplines as well.
Thursday, September 26, 2024, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Virtual)
Managing Difficult Situations in Clinical Situations
This workshop offers tools for managing conflict and other tense situations on multidisciplinary clinical teams. Learn tools to invite others into collaborative problem-solving to address difficult situations or conflicts as well as tips to manage defensiveness in yourself and others. The examples will focus on hospital and outpatient situations from medical and veterinary settings.
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Virtual)
Promoting Respectful Collaborations in Clinical Settings
Learn options for distracting, directly engaging, and delegating to others when experiencing difficult behaviors. Explore ways to establish respectful boundaries and communicate effectively across cultural and other differences. The examples will focus on hospital and outpatient situations from medical and veterinary settings.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Virtual)
For more information on these sessions, other conflict competence workshop opportunities, and Ombuds services please visit the Ombuds website: https://ombuds.ucdavis.edu