Personnel Needs and Training for Biomedical and Behavioral Research 1981 Report (1981) / Chapter Skim
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In the last part of Chapter 1, we provide summary tables with overall recommendations for FY 1982-1985 as regards numbers, levels, and types of awards for each major area of research training, and estimates of the costs attendant to their implementation. Clinical Sciences In light of the decline in recent years in the number of physicians electing to pursue research training under NRSA programs, factors presumed to be influencing career decisions are examined in depth.
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Funds available to support clinical faculty in medical schools are not growing as fast now as in the early 1970's, while teaching responsibilities have grown in recent years at about 5 percent per year. Perhaps most Importantly, the nether of M.D.'s and other health professionals participating in NIH research training programs has not changed appreciably since 1976 and is currently well below the level we consider appropriate.
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The findings indicate that trainees and researchers remain active in health services research, thus confirming the success of prior federal support programs. In nursing research, we are concerned about the growth in the number of doctoral programs in schools of nursing without a strengthening of the training quality in existing doctoral programs.
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In addition, it must be acknowledged that such programs are ultimately faced with an impossible task unless accompanied by efforts at earlier educational levels to increase the number of minority students who are academically prepared and motivated to pursue science careers. Recommendations General The Committee recommends that federal support for research training should be stabilized and provided at levels commensurate with the scope of national needs.
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The Committee also urges a greater emphasis on filling these training positions with physicians. Most of the funding should be in the form of training grants, which are particularly suited to meet the needs of the physicians whose doctoral training usually involves only^limited research participation and, as previously recommended, approximately 15 percent for individual fellowships.
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NRSA support for nursing research training should rise to 300 trainees and fellows annually from FY 1982 through FY 1985. No more than 15 percent of these trainees should be at the postdoctoral level.
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