Research training in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research sciences
By: Committee to Study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Research Personnel, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780309159654; 9780309159661
Subjects: Manpower; Behavioral scientists; Social sciences; Medical research personnel; Research; Trends; Government Financing; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Research; Education; Research Personnel; Supply and demand; Social scientists
Description: "Comprehensive research and a highly trained workforce are essential for the improvement of health and health care both nationally and internationally. Over the past 40 years the National Research Services Award (NRSA) Program has played a large role in training the workforce responsible for dramatic advances in the understanding of various diseases and new insights that have led to more effective and targeted therapies. In spite of this program, the difficulty obtaining jobs after the postdoc period has discouraged many domestic students from pursuing graduate postdoc training. In the United States, more than 50 percent of the postdoc workforce is made up of individuals who obtained their Ph. D.s from other countries. Indeed, one can make a strong argument that the influx of highly trained and creative foreigners has contributed greatly to U.S. science over the past 70 years. Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences discusses a number of important issues, including: the job prospects for postdocs completing their training; questions about the continued supply of international postdocs in an increasingly competitive world; the need for equal, excellent training for all graduate students who receive NIH funding; and the need to increase the diversity of trainees. The book recommends improvements in minority recruiting, more rigorous and extensive training in the responsible conduct of research and ethics, increased emphasis on career development, more attention to outcomes, and the requirement for incorporating more quantitative thinking in the biomedical curriculum."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Context and issues; title: Crosscutting issues; title: Basic biomedical sciences; title: Behavioral and social sciences research; title: Clinical sciences research; title: Oral health; title: Nursing research; title: Health services research.