Recruiting and retaining future generations of physician scientists in mental health.
The authors discuss 6 challenges facing the recruitment and retention of physician scientists as career mental health researchers. These challenges include (1) early identification and recruitment at the undergraduate and medical student level; (2) recruitment of a more diverse group of trainees; (3) safety nets for reducing attrition; (4) strategies to promote successful competition for K awards; (5) definition of appropriate roles and career development opportunities in multisite clinical trials; and (6) strategies for the mentoring "cost." A coalition of stakeholders--federal, academic, foundational, and in the pharmaceutical industry--is needed to meet these challenges.
Kupfer
David J
DJ
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA. kupferdj@msx.upmc.edu
Hyman
Steven E
SE
Schatzberg
Alan F
AF
Pincus
Harold A
HA
Reynolds
Charles F
CF
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