Preparing tomorrow’s behavioral medicine scientists and practitioners: a survey of future directions for education and training

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• 作者：Carly M. Goldstein ; Karl E. Minges ; Danielle E. Schoffman…
• 关键词：Behavioral medicine ; Academic training ; Experiential learning ; Interdisciplinary studies ; Psychology ; Public health
• 刊名：Journal of Behavioral Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：40
• 期：1
• 页码：214-226
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Health Psychology; General Practice / Family Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-3521
• 卷排序：40

文摘

Behavioral medicine training is due for an overhaul given the rapid evolution of the field, including a tight funding climate, changing job prospects, and new research and industry collaborations. The purpose of the present study was to collect responses from trainee and practicing members of a multidisciplinary professional society about their perceptions of behavioral medicine training and their suggestions for changes to training for future behavioral medicine scientists and practitioners. A total of 162 faculty and 110 students (total n = 272) completed a web-based survey on strengths of their current training programs and ideas for changes. Using a mixed-methods approach, the survey findings are used to highlight seven key areas for improved preparation of the next generation of behavioral medicine scientists and practitioners, which are grant writing, interdisciplinary teamwork, advanced statistics and methods, evolving research program, publishable products from coursework, evolution and use of theory, and non-traditional career paths.