title: Career progress in online and blended learning environments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors examined the career achievement of early- and mid-career researchers in social, behavioral, and mental health who participated in a career-development conference.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trainees participated in a career-development conference either through attending a live conference supplemented with an online version of the conference (Combined: N=46) or through the online version of the conference alone (Web-Only: N=60). An objective measure tracked the trainees' publications, involvement in research projects, honors and grant awards, collaborations, and scientific presentations before and 9 months after participation in the career-development conference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical analysis showed that trainees improved for each category measured, with no significant differences across the Combined and Web-Only groups. The strongest variable affecting improvement was Time, and the most significant time effect was seen in the production of presentations and publications. A significant Gender difference was present, with women showing greater total career progress than men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Career-development conferences can support career growth for trainees. Online training provides a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to in-person methods, while still enhancing key markers of career progress.
authors.affiliation: 3-C Institute for Social Development, Cary, NC, USA. derosier@3cisd.com
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DeRosier
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kameny
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Holler
authors.forename: Naomi Ornstein
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maschauer
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000193:education*; D002322:Career Mobility; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011642:Publications; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*; D012109:Research Support as Topic