Individualized Training and Practice in Career Navigation Skills

描述（由申请人提供）：正如NIH路线图和NCRR战略重点所强调的那样，NIH的广泛使命是改善所有人的健康结果，这取决于培养和留住未来几代临床和转化研究人员的能力，这些研究人员能够快速有效地将研究成果转化为临床实践。然而，在过去的二十年里，临床科学家的数量显著下降，这威胁到我们国家利用基础生物医学和行为科学的进步来改善公共卫生的能力。向独立科学家的过渡是研究生涯中人员流失的高风险时期。早期职业生涯的研究人员在开始他们的职业生涯时面临各种各样的挑战，并且在正式培训中没有很好地教授成功建立和维持研究职业所需的许多技能。越来越多的人认识到，在规划、谈判和管理等职业导航技能方面进行培训的必要性和价值。然而，目前为弥补这一教育差距所作的努力往往要么是一般的、静态的书面材料，这些材料对某一研究人员的效用有限，要么是只有为数有限的选定的受训者才能得到的现场讲习班。这个SBIR项目的主要目标是创建一个交互式软件产品，为临床和转化科学家提供个性化的职业导航技能培训和实践。通过这个软件，智能辅导系统的最新进展将被整合，这样研究人员就可以在一个私人的、基于计算机的环境中积极参与具体的职业挑战（例如，谈判工资）。第一阶段的申请将达致四个具体目标：(1)通过文献检索和对积极从事科研人员培训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转化研究人员在向独立科学家过渡时面临的具体挑战，与职业规划、谈判和管理成功相关的具体技能，以及当前职业发展培训的最佳实践；(2)基于这些建议和最佳实践创建软件原型；(3)与独立研究人员和早期职业研究人员进行利益相关者可行性测试；(4)利用可行性数据生成第二期开发计划，其中包含完整的培训模块列表和完整的软件产品挑战领域。第一阶段的研究预计将展示跨利益相关者对交互式软件产品的强有力支持，并提供必要的反馈，以指导第二阶段的开发和测试。

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.