title: If you hold it off-hours, will they come? Results from a feasibility project intended to stimulate interest in the physician-investigator career path among medical oncology trainees.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An "endangered species," the physician-scientist faces challenges in oncology. The authors thus implemented a series of voluntary off-hours sessions on academic development for their trainees.
  
  
  METHODS
  Numerous workday interruptions among trainees led the authors to conclude that off-hours sessions would be preferable. Thus, this feasibility project was conducted. All 34 trainees were invited to a session and were surveyed thereafter. An attendance rate of >or=34% was to be a "success."
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy percent of trainees attended, and over 90% said they would do so again. Write-in comments were mostly favorable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Off-hours sessions to discuss academic career development are feasible among medical oncology trainees.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Tow S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Tamana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walia
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galanis
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Goetz
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Aminah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jatoi
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002321:Career Choice; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education*; D010820:Physicians / Q000639:trends*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012108:Research Personnel