Creating and sustaining collaborative multi-institutional industry site visit programs: a toolkit.
Creating and sustaining collaborative multi-institutional industry site visit programs: a toolkit.
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10.12688/f1000research.26598.2
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2020
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Layton RL
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Collins TRL;Hoff K;Starback M;Brandt PD;Holmquist CE;Layton RL
背景：随着更多的早期职业科学家进入不同的职业道路，访问当地公司或组织可以支持他们探索这些道路。作为促进这一点的一种有效方式，我们制定了一个协作的地区性现场访问计划：通过勘探加强当地行业转型(ELITE)联盟。该联盟成员安排对当地行业现场进行半天访问，从而为公司和学员提供见面和发现潜在职业和职业机会的机会。三个不同的培训机构在开发和维护该方案方面进行了合作。精英联盟分为八个阶段；为每个步骤制定了指导方针和操作程序，并为有兴趣建立类似项目的机构提供了样本材料。方法：在项目全面开展之前，通过问卷调查对学员的兴趣进行评估。在计划实施期间和之后，计划主任跟踪出勤情况，并从公开来源收集职业结果数据，以确定培训后的第一个工作职位。使用回归分析和卡方分析来检验现场访问匹配和职业结果数据。结果：分析表明，实地考察对博士后和研究生实习生在与类似行业(如营利性)和类型(如生物技术、制药、合同研究机构)匹配的公司或机构的职业生涯产生积极影响。尽管样本量很小，但有证据表明，与单纯参加培训的学员相比，组织公司实地考察的学员产生了特别积极的影响。结论：精英联盟成功地帮助学员探索和确定了多种职业道路。受训人员直接或在精英学员访问的相关公司和机构就业。精英联盟的联合、三个机构、灵活的性质对该计划的可持续性和覆盖范围产生了积极的影响。这里提供的工具包将帮助其他机构以最小的努力复制和调整该计划。
Background: As more early career scientists enter into diverse career pathways, visiting local companies or organizations can support their exploration of these paths. As an efficient way to facilitate this, we developed a collaborative regional site visit program: the Enhancing Local Industry Transitions through Exploration (ELITE) Consortium. Consortium members arrange half-day visits to local industry sites, thus providing companies and trainees the opportunity to meet and identify potential professional and career opportunities. Three different training institutions worked cooperatively in the development and maintenance of the program. The ELITE Consortium was developed with eight phased steps; guidelines and operating procedures were created for each of these steps and are provided along with sample materials for institutions interested in building similar programs. Methods: Prior to fully developing the program, trainee interests were evaluated via questionnaire. During program implementation and thereafter, program directors tracked attendance and collected career outcome data from publicly available sources to identify first job positions after training. Regression analyses and chi-squared analyses were used to examine site visit matches and career outcome data. Results: Analyses suggest a positive impact of site visits on postdoctoral and graduate trainees’ career outcomes at companies or institutions that match a similar sector (e.g., for-profit) and type (e.g., biotech, pharmaceutical, contract research organization). Despite a small sample size, evidence suggests an especially positive impact on trainees who organize site visits to companies compared with those who simply participate. Conclusions: The ELITE Consortium was successful in helping trainees explore and identify a multitude of career paths. Trainees attained employment either directly or in related companies and institutions visited by ELITE participants. The joint, three-institution, flexible nature of the ELITE Consortium positively impacts the program’s sustainability and reach. The toolkit provided here will help other institutions to replicate and adapt the program with minimal effort.