Biomedical and Behavioral Research Scientists: Their Training and Supply Volume I: Findings (1989) / Chapter Skim
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5. Recommendations
5. Recommendations
Pages 79-86
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This could~b-e done in three ways: Increase the level of predoctoral support. There is evidence that enrollments in the biomedical sciences are very responsive to increasing student support.)
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A suggestive fact revealed in a survey carried out for the committee is that industrial employers of biomedical scientists prefer those with postdoctoral training credentials. The committee believes strongly that postdoctoral training programs in~biomedical fields should be retained and even expanded moderately, but recommends thorough program evaluations at both predoctoral" and postdoctoral levels.
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DATA IMPROVEMENTS, NEEDED RESEARCH, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE The committee has identified new activities in each of these areas that wouict improve understanding of scientific personnel issues and improve the quality of future versions of this report. The committee recommends that NIH/ADAMHA put in place the necessary interim staff and begin immediately the programs of data improvement, research, and evaluation proposed below.
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Improve research iclentification on the NIH/Association of American Medical Colleges fAAMC) Faculty Roster: Historically, the main source for data on physician/scientists has been the AAMC Faculty Roster.
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Recommended Program Evaluations The committee recommends two new, large-scale program evaluations that differ from prior efforts by including surveys of former trainees and fellows (see above) and field research that takes investigators onto the campuses at which the selected programs are locaters We recommend the careful selection of individual programs within the two training categories for initial evaluation.
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Lloyd H Smith notes that the science taught in specialty divisions of the clinical departments tends to be goal-oriented and superficial; although some physician/scientists have thrived in the environment and have had productive careers, most have been poorly prepared for sustained scholarship.6 Smith believes it is imperative for the serious physician/scientist to receive in-depth training in a scientific discipline relevant to medicine and that the- training of the serious physician/scientist should be comparable to Ph.D.
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7This is consistent with survey results that indicate former postdoctoral research trainees favor changing the curriculum to include more formal coursework and less clinical medicine.
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These individuals receive interdisciplinary training in programs of health services research or public policy analysis. Those whose degree is in a field such as medicine or economics require additional training in the methods and knowledge base of health services research, which is usually received during a postdoctoral period.
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