Career Development among American Biomedical Postdocs
Career Development among American Biomedical Postdocs
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.15-03-0075
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Griffin, Kimberly
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作者：
Gibbs, Kenneth D., Jr.;McGready, John;Griffin, Kimberly
最近的生物医学人力政策努力集中在加强受训者的职业准备和增加研究人员的多样性。博士后科学家是受此类举措影响最直接的人群之一，但他们的职业发展仍未得到充分研究。这项研究报告了2012年对1002名美国生物医学博士后的全国调查结果。平均而言，与博士入学相比，博士后对职业选择的了解有所增加，但对职业目标的清晰度较低。大多数博士后在他们的博士后机构得到了结构化的职业发展，但只有不到三分之一的人从他们的研究生部门得到了这样的机会。所有社会背景的博士后都表示，他们对研究型大学教师职业的兴趣显著下降，对非研究型职业的兴趣增加；然而，这些变化发生在不同性别和种族/民族的训练规模和时间上存在差异。对教师职业兴趣的群体差异可以用研究生期间形成的职业兴趣差异来解释，但不能用研究生产力、研究自我效能或导师关系的差异来解释。这些发现指出，需要在培训过程的早期加强职业发展，并对不同社会身份群体的独特兴趣发展模式进行敏感的干预。
Recent biomedical workforce policy efforts have centered on enhancing career preparation for trainees, and increasing diversity in the research workforce. Postdoctoral scientists, or postdocs, are among those most directly impacted by such initiatives, yet their career development remains understudied. This study reports results from a 2012 national survey of 1002 American biomedical postdocs. On average, postdocs reported increased knowledge about career options but lower clarity about their career goals relative to PhD entry. The majority of postdocs were offered structured career development at their postdoctoral institutions, but less than one-third received this from their graduate departments. Postdocs from all social backgrounds reported significant declines in interest in faculty careers at research-intensive universities and increased interest in nonresearch careers; however, there were differences in the magnitude and period of training during which these changes occurred across gender and race/ethnicity. Group differences in interest in faculty careers were explained by career interest differences formed during graduate school but not by differences in research productivity, research self-efficacy, or advisor relationships. These findings point to the need for enhanced career development earlier in the training process, and interventions sensitive to distinctive patterns of interest development across social identity groups.