Clinical Research Career Development

Clinical trials and tribulations: perspectives on research career development.

e created the Journal’s “Focus on Early Career Psychiatrists” section to highlight work from investigators embarking on research careers for several reasons. Early career researchers face challenges unique to their career stage, and they often bring exciting and fresh ideas to important problems. Lessons in career development can be as interesting as the research itself. We invited the authors ...

Viewing clinical research career development through the lens of social cognitive career theory.

Issues such as, over commitment, insufficient time, and lack of funding, threaten physicians' entry and sustainability in a research career pathway. Social cognitive career theory is presented as a conceptual framework to critically examine the limitations of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) efforts to promote the career development of physician-scientists. Special attention is given t...

NHLBI research training and career development programs.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is committed to its mission of improving the public health through a comprehensive program of basic and clinical investigations, clinical trials and other population-based studies, and demonstration and education research projects. Fulfillment of this goal hinges on the existence of sufficient numbers of highly trained individuals from a wid...

Children’s career development: A research review from a learning perspective

Recent advances in career theory have resulted in widespread acceptance of the lifespan perspective on development. However, a review of research and practice conducted during 2001 revealed that little attention has been paid to the career development of children (Whiston & Brecheisen, 2002). In response to calls for a greater concentration on this important stage in the lifespan, the present a...

Career Development