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NHLBI training workshop report: The vanishing pediatric pulmonary investigator and recommendations for recovery
Author(s) -
Ferkol Thomas,
Zeitlin Pamela,
Abman Steven,
Blaisdell Carol J.,
O'Brodovich Hugh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.21155
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary medicine , medical education , training (meteorology) , family medicine , intensive care medicine , physics , meteorology
Abstract The adequacy of the pipeline of advanced pulmonary fellows to supply appropriately trained and committed researchers to enter academic careers was the major topic of a recently held National Heart Lung and Blood Institute NHLBI Workshop: Respiratory Medicine‐Related Research Training for Adult and Pediatric Fellows. The special challenges and opportunities for the academic pediatric pulmonary trainee were discussed as part of this workshop and are discussed as a companion paper to the report by the full workshop. Surveys were conducted of pediatric chairs of academic departments and pediatric pulmonary training directors in the United States to examine the current status and opportunities for the pediatric pulmonary trainee. Strategies for recruitment and retention of talented young trainees and junior faculty are proposed. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010; 45:25–33. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.