An International Survey on Taking Up a Career in Cardiovascular Research: Opportunities and Biases toward Would-Be Physician-Scientists

Cardiovascular research is the main shaper of clinical evidence underpinning decision making, with its cyclic progression of junior researchers to mature faculty members. Despite efforts at improving cardiovascular research training, several unmet needs persist. We aimed to appraise current percepti...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-07, Vol.10 (7), p.e0131900-e0131900
Main Authors: Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe, Cerrato, Enrico, Peruzzi, Mariangela, D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio, De Falco, Elena, Chimenti, Isotta, Sciarretta, Sebastiano, Marullo, Antonino G M, Cavarretta, Elena, Greco, Ernesto, Benedetto, Umberto, Pompilio, Giulio, Escaned, Javier, Abbate, Antonio, Carpentier, Alain, Chachques, Juan Carlos, Frati, Giacomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cardiology
Cardiology - education
Cardiology - manpower
Career Choice
Career opportunities
Careers
Clinical decision making
Decision making
Education, Medical
Female
Gender
Heart
Hospitals
Humans
Hypotheses
Laboratories
Male
Medicine
Mentors
Physicians
Polls & surveys
Research Personnel - education
Researchers
Scientists
Statistics
Students
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Training
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Summary:Cardiovascular research is the main shaper of clinical evidence underpinning decision making, with its cyclic progression of junior researchers to mature faculty members. Despite efforts at improving cardiovascular research training, several unmet needs persist. We aimed to appraise current perceptions on cardiovascular research training with an international survey. We administered a 20-closed-question survey to mentors and mentees belonging to different international institutions. A total of 247 (12%) surveys were available (out of 2,000 invitations). Overall, mentees and mentors were reasonably satisfied with the educational and research resources. Significant differences were found analyzing results according to gender, geographic area, training and full-time researcher status. Specifically, women proved significantly less satisfied than men, disclosed access to fewer resources and less support from mentors (all P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131900