Individualized Training and Practice in Career Navigation Skills

描述（由申请人提供）：正如NIH路线图和NCRR的战略优先事项所强调的那样，NIH改善所有人健康结果的广泛使命取决于培养和留住未来几代临床和转化研究人员的能力，这些研究人员可以快速有效地将研究结果转化为临床实践。然而，在过去的二十年里，临床科学家的劳动力显著下降，这威胁到我们国家利用基础生物医学和行为科学进步改善公共卫生的能力。过渡到独立的科学家是一个特别高的风险时期从研究职业道路上的自然减员。早期的职业研究人员面临着各种挑战时，开始他们的职业生涯和许多所需的技能，成功地建立和维持一个研究的职业生涯中没有很好地教在正式培训。人们越来越认识到职业导航技能培训的必要性和价值，如规划、谈判和管理。然而，目前弥补这一教育差距的努力往往是通用的、静态的书面材料，这些材料对特定研究人员的效用有限，或者是面对面的讲习班，只提供给有限数量的选定受训人员。这个SBIR项目的主要目标是创建一个交互式软件产品，为临床和翻译科学家提供广泛的职业导航技能的个性化培训和实践。通过该软件，智能辅导系统的最新进展将被整合，以便研究人员可以积极参与特定的职业挑战（例如，在一个私人的，基于计算机的环境中谈判工资）。第一阶段的申请将实现四个具体目标：（1）通过文献检索和与积极参与培训研究人员的经验丰富的科学家的访谈收集建议，以确定早期职业临床和翻译研究人员在过渡到独立科学家时所面临的具体挑战，以及与职业规划，谈判和管理成功相关的具体技能，（2）根据这些建议和最佳做法创建软件原型;（3）与独立研究人员和早期职业研究人员一起进行利益攸关方可行性测试;以及（4）利用可行性数据生成第二阶段开发计划，并在完整的软件中包含完整的培训模块和挑战领域列表产品第一阶段的研究预计将展示强大的支持互动软件产品的利益相关者和必要的反馈，以指导第二阶段的开发和测试。 公共卫生相关性：NIH的广泛使命是改善所有人的健康结果，强调需要加快和加强临床和转化研究。在过去的二十年中，临床科学家劳动力的显着下降威胁到我们国家快速有效地将生物医学和行为科学的进步转化为公共医疗保健改善的能力。NIH的成功取决于培养和留住未来几代临床和翻译研究人员的能力。作为回应，NCRR的战略重点强调需要创新的方法来加强临床和转化科学家的培训，进步和保留。该SBIR项目通过开发和测试一种创新的交互式软件产品来解决这一高度优先事项，以便在私人的、基于计算机的环境中提供关键职业导航技能的个性化培训和实践。如果成功，所产生的工具可以通过广泛传播重要的培训和实践机会来促进临床和转化科学家的保留和职业发展，从而对公共卫生产生重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As emphasized by the NIH Roadmap and NCRR's Strategic Priorities, NIH's broad mission to improve health outcomes for all persons depends on the ability to train and retain future generations of clinical and translational researchers who can quickly and effectively translate research findings into clinical practice. However, the past two decades have witnessed a significant decline in the clinical scientist workforce, which threatens our nation's ability to leverage advances in basic biomedical and behavioral sciences into improvements in public health. The transition to independent scientist is a particularly high-risk period for attrition from the research career path. Early career researchers face a variety of challenges when beginning their career and many of the skills needed to successfully establish and maintain a research career are not well taught during formal training. The need for and value of training in career navigation skills, such as planning, negotiation, and management, has been increasingly recognized. However, current attempts to bridge this educational gap tend to be either generic, static written materials which are limited in their utility for a given researcher or in-person workshops that are available to only a limited number of select trainees. The primary goal of this SBIR project is to create an interactive software product that provides individualized training and practice in career navigation skills to clinical and translational scientists on a broad scale. Through this software, recent advances in intelligent tutoring systems will be integrated so that researchers can actively participate in specific career challenges (e.g., negotiating salary) within a private, computer-based environment. This Phase I application will accomplish four specific aims: (1) gather recommendations through literature searches and interviews with highly experienced scientists who are actively engaged in training researchers in order to identify specific challenges faced by early career clinical and translational researchers as they transition to independent scientist, specific skills associated with success in career planning, negotiation, and management, and current best practices in career development training; (2) create the software prototype based on these recommendations and best practices; (3) conduct stakeholder feasibility test with independent researchers and early career researchers; and (4) use feasibility data to generate the Phase II development plan with a complete list of training modules and challenge areas to be included in the full software product. Phase I research is expected to demonstrate strong support for the interactive software product across stakeholders and essential feedback to guide Phase II development and testing. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: NIH's broad mission to improve health outcomes for all people emphasizes the need to accelerate and strengthen clinical and translational research. The significant decline in the clinical scientist workforce over the past two decades threatens our nation's ability to quickly and effectively translate advances in biomedical and behavioral sciences into public healthcare improvements. NIH's success depends upon the ability to train and retain future generations of clinical and translational researchers. In response, NCRR's Strategic Priorities stress the need for innovative methods to enhance the training, advancement, and retention of clinical and translational scientists. This SBIR project addresses this high priority through development and testing of an innovative interactive software product to provide individualized training and practice in key career navigation skills within a private, computer-based environment. If successful, the resulting tool could significantly impact public health by broadly disseminating vital training and practice opportunities to foster retention and career advancement of clinical and translational scientists.