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Saturday, May 01, 2010
2:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Session Number: 1712 |
| Crafting Successful Clinician-Scientists in Child Health Research |
| PAS Workshop |
| Vancouver Convention Centre ~ East Parkview 3 |
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| Target Audience: students/residents, fellows and faculty mentors |
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| Objectives:
- To define barriers that hinder the development of clinician-scientists in child health research
- To understand mechanisms and diverse factors that influence career choices and career development from medical school, residency and fellowship
- To identify approaches to enhance and sustain careers of junior faculty in academic pediatrics |
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| Leader: Steven H. Abman, Co-Leader: David N. Cornfield |
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| There have been growing concerns about the declining numbers of young trainees who select and sustain careers as clinician-scientists invested in child health research. The Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO) has established a working group in Child Health Research to specifically examine issues related to the training, development and retention of clinician-scientists in academic pediatrics. Numerous barriers and forces have led to significant changes in career choices at each stage of education and training, ranging from medical students, throughout residency and fellowship, and finally, as junior faculty. Declines in the pipeline have contributed to fewer pediatricians who train in research and select academic careers. Some of these issues are related to generational changes in career goals and expectations, financial pressures, life style considerations, limited exposure to academic role models or mentors who are active in research, a high burden of administrative oversight, concerns regarding the uncertainty or risks of academic careers, growing time commitments that limit research opportunities, and other factors. To characterize and develop action plans to address these concerns, we have organized a group of speakers to discuss problems and potential solutions at each stage of training. The overall goal is to better understand dynamics underlying the decline in clinician-scientists and to propose novel strategies to address these problems. |
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Steven H. Abman
University of Colorado School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO |
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