Tracking Career Outcomes for Postdoctoral Scholars: A Call to Action.

Abstract:

:The oversupply of postdoctoral scholars relative to available faculty positions has led to calls for better assessment of career outcomes. Here, we report the results of a study of postdoctoral outcomes at the University of California, San Francisco, and suggest that institutions have an obligation to determine where their postdoc alumni are employed and to share this information with current and future trainees. Further, we contend that local efforts will be more meaningful than a national survey, because of the great variability in training environment and the classification of postdoctoral scholars among institutions. We provide a framework and methodology that can be adopted by others, with the goal of developing a finely grained portrait of postdoctoral career outcomes across the United States.

journal_name

PLoS Biol

journal_title

PLoS biology

authors

Silva EA,Des Jarlais C,Lindstaedt B,Rotman E,Watkins ES

doi

10.1371/journal.pbio.1002458

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-05-06 00:00:00

pages

e1002458

issue

5

eissn

1544-9173

issn

1545-7885

pii

PBIOLOGY-D-15-03402

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14

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