Graduate Education for the Future: New Models and Methods for the Clinical and Translational Workforce

Melissa D. Begg, L. Michelle Bennett, Lisa Cicutto, Howard Gadlin, Marc Moss, John Tentler, Ellie Schoenbaum

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Abstract

This paper is the third in a five-part series on the clinical and translational science educational pipeline, and it focuses on strategies for enhancing graduate research education to improve skills for interdisciplinary team science. Although some of the most cutting edge science takes place at the borders between disciplines, it is widely perceived that advancements in clinical and translational science are hindered by the "siloed" efforts of researchers who are comfortable working in their separate domains, and reluctant to stray from their own discipline when conducting research. Without appropriate preparation for career success as members and leaders of interdisciplinary teams, talented scientists may choose to remain siloed or to leave careers in clinical and translational science all together, weakening the pipeline and depleting the future biomedical research workforce. To address this threat, it is critical to begin at what is perhaps the most formative moment for academics: graduate training. This paper focuses on designs for graduate education, and contrasts the methods and outcomes from traditional educational approaches with those skills perceived as essential for the workforce of the future, including the capacity for research collaboration that crosses disciplinary boundaries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)787-792
Number of pages6
JournalClinical and Translational Science
Volume8
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

  • Career development
  • Clinical and translational research
  • Education
  • Pipeline
  • Workforce

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Neuroscience

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