从目标到结果:分析生物医学科学博士职业生涯的进展,在使用扩展分类的纵向研究中使用扩展分类法
Abigail M Brown1,2, Lindsay C Meyers1, Janani Varadarajan1
1The Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville Tennessee USA.
FASEB bioAdvances
|November 8, 2023
概括
大多数生物医学科学博士生在研究生院期间改变职业目标. 早期的职业选择强烈预测了长期的职业发展轨迹,强调了需要强有力的职业发展支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
- 高等教育 高等教育
- 职业发展 职业发展
背景情况:
- 生物医学科学博士毕业生进入各种职业,但将职业兴趣与博士后培训决策和成果联系在一起的数据有限.
- 了解研究生职业愿望与实际职业道路之间的关系对于有效的培训和指导至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析来自范德比尔特大学 (1997-2021) 的1452名生物医学科学博士的职业目标和结果.
- 研究研究生培训期间职业目标的变化及其对博士后培训决策和职业发展轨迹的影响.
- 确定影响职业道路选择和长期职业稳定的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用扩展的三层分类和里程碑旗来分类职业.
- 分析了从入学到博士学位的职业目标的变化,包括对科研密集型教师职位的兴趣转移的原因.
- 将博士学位辩护的职业目标与博士后培训联系起来,时间到第一个非培训职位,以及第一个职位和10年毕业后的职业领域.
主要成果:
- 大多数博士生在研究生院期间改变了他们的职业目标.
- 追求博士后培训的校友数量有所下降.
- 许多校友获得了最初的非培训职位,这些职位在不同于他们博士学位辩护的目标的领域.
- 第一个非培训职位的职业领域准确地预测了毕业后10年的就业机会.
- 个人职业道路在十年内显示出不同专业领域之间的显著移动.
结论:
- 生物医学博士的职业道路是动态的,在研究生培训期间发生了重大转变.
- 职业生涯早期的位置是长期职业发展轨迹的强有力的预测因素.
- 强调需要为研究生提供全面的职业发展机会和指导,以为他们为各种研究和研究相关职业做好准备.
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