Exploring the Impact of Formal Internships on Biomedical Graduate and Postgraduate Careers: An Interview Study
Exploring the Impact of Formal Internships on Biomedical Graduate and Postgraduate Careers: An Interview Study
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.18-09-0199
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Watts, Stephanie W.
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作者：
Chatterjee, Deepshikha;Ford, J. Kevin;Watts, Stephanie W.
科学、技术、工程和数学领域的研究生和博士后面临着各种各样的就业职业道路，但他们往往没有接受过有效抓住这些机会的培训。对于许多学生来说，缺乏职业管理技能意味着在研究生院的长期任期，特别是随着学术界终身职位的减少。在我们大学，我们采用了队列模型，鼓励研究生和博士后申请科学培训项目的拓展经验（BEST，由美国国立卫生研究院支持），该项目提供了获得职业管理技能、从事职业探索和完成至少一次正式实习的机会。在这项针对最佳实习生的访谈研究中，我们调查了实习作为职业探索的有效性和相关结果。我们的研究结果表明，实习被视为有效的职业探索和自我发展的工具，可以影响参与者的长期职业目标。研究生和博士后报告说，除了获得宝贵的行业指导和交流机会外，还获得了可转移的知识和技能。
Graduate students and postdocs in science, technology, engineering, and math fields are faced with a wide range of career paths to employment, but they are often not trained to effectively pursue these opportunities. The lack of career management skills implies long tenures in graduate school for many students, especially as tenure-track positions in academia dwindle. At our university, we used a cohort model in which graduate students and postdocs were encouraged to apply to the Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training program (BEST under the aegis of the National Institutes of Health) that provided opportunities to gain career management skills, engage in career exploration, and complete at least one formal internship. In this interview study of the BEST trainees, we investigated the efficacy of internships as career exploration toots and associated outcomes. Our findings show that internships were seen as effective career exploration and self-development vehicles that influenced participants' long-term career goals. Graduate students and postdocs reported gaining transferable knowledge and skills, in addition to receiving valuable industry mentoring and networking opportunities.