BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS: THEIR TRAINING AND SUPPLY -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION -- FINDINGS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- NRSA Support Levels -- Needed Research -- Other Recommendations -- CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF NRSA PROGRAMS IN THE EDUCATION PIPELINE -- OVERVIEW -- THE EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT PIPELINE -- The Pipeline into the Basic Biomedical Sciences -- The Pipeline into Behavioral Sciences -- THE STRUCTURE OF NRSA TRAINING PROGRAMS -- Training Grants -- Fellowships -- NRSA Training for Physician/Scientists -- A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW OF NRSA TRAINING PROGRAMS -- NRSA Training Programs in FY 1987 -- GRANT APPLICATIONS AND AWARDS BY TRAINEES/FELLOWS -- HISTORICAL TRENDS -- CHAPTER 2 THE CURRENT MARKET FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS -- OVERVIEW -- THE CHANGING LABOR MARKET FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS, 1973-1987 -- Refreshment Rates -- Attrition -- Net Mobility -- RECENT TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS -- Growth in Employment -- Postdoctoral Appointments -- Trends in Job Openings and Ph.D. Production -- RECENT TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES -- Clinical Psychology -- Nonclinical Psychology -- Other Behavioral Sciences -- RECENT TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET FOR PHYSICIAN/SCIENTISTS -- COMPOSITION OF THE LABOR FORCE -- Race and Sex -- Citizenship -- CHAPTER 3 THE FUTURE LABOR MARKET FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH PERSONNEL -- OVERVIEW -- PRIOR COMMITTEE PROJECTIONS AND CURRENT METHODOLOGY -- THE MODEL -- THE FUTURE LABOR MARKET FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS -- Growth in Employment -- Attrition -- Future Demand and Supply -- THE FUTURE LABOR MARKET FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS -- Nonclinical Psychology -- Other Behavioral Scientists -- THE FUTURE LABOR MARKET FOR PHYSICIAN/SCIENTISTS.

Demand for Clinical Investigators -- The Supply of Clinical Investigators -- PROSPECTS FOR THE LONGER TERM: 1995 TO THE YEAR 2000 -- Biomedical Scientists -- Behavioral Scientists -- Physician/Scientists -- CHAPTER 4 TOWARD MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NRSA TRAINING PROGRAMS -- OVERVIEW -- Background -- The Education Pipeline -- THE AIMS AND EFFECTS OF TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS -- Occupational Choice -- Training -- Training Efficiency -- Honor -- Merit-Tested Selection -- Marginal Effects -- THE EVALUATION OF TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS -- Outcomes -- Data Needs for Program Evaluation -- A FRAMEWORK FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION -- A SPECIAL NOTE ON THE TRAINING OF PHYSICIAN/SCIENTISTS -- Chapter 5 RECOMMENDATIONS -- LEVELS OF NRSA SUPPORT -- Basic Biomedical Sciences -- Behavioral Sciences -- Clinical Sciences -- DATA IMPROVEMENTS, NEEDED RESEARCH, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE -- Small-Scale Data Improvements (not in priority order) -- Larger-Scale Data Improvements (in priority order) -- Needed Research (both sets of equal priority) -- Recommended Program Evaluations -- Interdisciplinary Programs -- Needed Organization with Which to Implement These Recommendations -- Special Consideration: The Program of Study for Physician/Scientist Research Training -- Special Consideration: Health Services Research -- APPENDIX -- THE EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- SURVEY DESCRIPTION -- 1989 Employment -- EMPLOYMENT GROWTH -- FIRM PERCEPTIONS -- DATA NEEDS FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION -- PRELIMINARY LIST OF MATRIX COLUMNS: CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAMS AND PARTICIPANTS -- Preliminary List of Evaluation Data Matrix Rows: Program Categories -- SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT TRENDS.