Providing Experiential Business and Management Training for Biomedical Research Trainees
Providing Experiential Business and Management Training for Biomedical Research Trainees
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.17-05-0074
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Gould, Kathleen L.
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作者：
Petrie, Kimberly A.;Carnahan, Robert H.;Gould, Kathleen L.
许多生物医学博士生缺乏对商业原理的接触，这限制了他们在学术和行业职业生涯中的竞争力和有效性。为了填补这一培训空白，我们为科学家开发了商业和管理原则，这是一个为期一学期的项目，将讲授商业基础知识与实际的基于团队的项目相结合，旨在解决机构共享资源核心设施遇到的实际业务问题。该计划还包括一个务虚会，以当地生命科学企业家的演讲和与之建立联系为特色，并向专家评委进行最后的团队演示。定量和定性指标被用来评估该计划对学员的影响。采用前测-后测的方法来评估受试者对模块概念的基础知识和掌握程度，并比较每个个体的前测和后测反应。平均分数提高了17个百分点以上。学员还进行了一项在线调查，以提供对该模块的反馈。几乎所有参与者都同意或强烈同意，该模块是对他们时间的宝贵利用，将有助于指导他们的职业决策，并且项目工作有助于深入了解模块的概念。超过75%的受训者报告与他们的研究顾问讨论了该单元，所有这些参与者都报告了支持或中立的反应。总体而言，学员对该模块的反馈、考试成绩的提高以及学员对顾问支持的看法表明，这个简短的模块是为科学家提供有效和有意义的商业概念接触的有效方法。
Many biomedical PhD trainees lack exposure to business principles, which limits their competitiveness and effectiveness in academic and industry careers. To fill this training gap, we developed Business and Management Principles for Scientists, a semester-long program that combined didactic exposure to business fundamentals with practical team-based projects aimed at solving real business problems encountered by institutional shared-resource core facilities. The program also included a retreat featuring presentations by and networking with local life science entrepreneurs and final team presentations to expert judges. Quantitative and qualitative metrics were used to evaluate the program's impact on trainees. A pretest-posttest approach was used to assess trainees' baseline knowledge and mastery of module concepts, and each individual's pretest and posttest responses were compared. The mean score improved by more than 17 percentage points. Trainees also took an online survey to provide feedback about the module. Nearly all participants agreed or strongly agreed that the module was a valuable use of their time and will help guide their career decisions and that project work helped drive home module concepts. More than 75% of trainees reported discussing the module with their research advisors, and all of these participants reported supportive or neutral responses. Collectively, the trainee feedback about the module, improvement in test scores, and trainee perception of advisor support suggest that this short module is an effective method of providing scientists with efficient and meaningful exposure to business concepts.