Career Development Workshop 2009
“Toxicologic Pathology in a Multicultural World”
Washington, DC

The workshop will provide interactive sessions covering the challenges of doing business and communicating effectively in two geographical areas of developing business growth:  China and India.  Presenters include natives of these regions and non-natives with experience interacting in a professional capacity within these cultures.  Cultural differences and business styles will be discussed.  Differences in the training of professional colleagues, difficulties in scientific translation of reports and messages, and baseline communication skills will be reported. Workshop presenters will offer ways to enhance the interactions of pathologists of different cultures and describe how we can prepare pathologists for effective communication in a global world.  This interactive workshop will feature speaker and participant discussions of challenging scenarios in Toxicologic Pathology and real life business case examples will be emphasized.

Workshop Faculty:

Facilitators:  Drs. Eric Schultze and Brian Berridge

Presenters

China: Drs. Vincent Meador and Helen Han Hsu

India: Drs. Kevin Donnelly and VJ Ready