This paper is the fourth in a 5-part series that focuses on educating and training the clinical and translational science workforce. The goal of this paper is to delineate components of effective career development programs that go beyond didactic training. All academic health centers with a Clinical and Translational Science Award have a KL2 career development award for junior faculty, and man...

Overview The desire to create effective Internet applications and the importance of renewed career development programs to meet curriculum needs are two prominent issues in education today. This paper demonstrates how Internet facilities can effectively meet many of the currently perceived goals of career development. It summarizes federal and state grants aimed at integrating technology into c...

Academic surgeons play an instrumental role in the training of our medical students and surgical residents. Although volunteer faculty often have an important role in the clinical development of surgeons-in-training, the tasks of curricular development, structured didactic sessions, professional advising, research sponsorship, and mentoring at all levels fall to the academic surgeon. Historical...