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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1973
Since 1958, the NIGMS has engaged in and promoted a program of postdoctoral training with two general goals: To enlarge and improve the pool of manpower available for biomedical research; and to provide for advanced training of researchers in the nation's graduate and medical schools. Conclusions regarding the effectiveness of postdoctoral…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
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Hofland, Brian F.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1987
Describes history and accomplishments of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) Fellowship Program in Applied Gerontology, which places postdoctoral academic gerontologists for three months in agencies and organizations that plan to deliver services to older people. Notes this is one way the GSA encourages policymakers and program directors…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Gerontology, Job Placement, Older Adults
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Zucker, Peter J.; Worthington, Everett L., Jr. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1986
Predoctoral interns (N=34) and postdoctoral psychologists (N=25) who were applicants for licensure and were employed at university counseling centers across the United States rated the supervision they received. Interns received more supervision and less evaluation than did postdoctoral psychologists. Licensure status of supervisors made little…
Descriptors: Certification, Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Guidance Centers
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Lee, Woo Choo – Journal of Medical Education, 1970
Describes the history of medicine in Korea and its gradual modernization. (IR)
Descriptors: Diseases, Korean Culture, Medical Education, Medical Schools
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Broad, William J. – Science, 1982
Discusses unpaid postdoctoral researchers, especially those in biology and medicine, addressing reasons why they work without pay, how they receive funding, efforts to help them, their impacts on the field, and personal concerns. (DC)
Descriptors: Biology, Biomedicine, Financial Support, Higher Education
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Akerlind, Gerlese S. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2005
Concerns with postdoctoral research training and employment outcomes are growing at an international level. Recent studies of postdoctoral and other contract researchers in various countries emphasize common issues associated with these appointments, including the absence of any systematic definition of postdoctoral research positions, lack of…
Descriptors: Researchers, Employment Opportunities, Career Development, Postdoctoral Education
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Gimmel, Duane R. – College Student Journal, 1974
Society has produced problems for the adult segment of our populace such as a longer retirement life, a confused state of civic responsibilities, and frustration in the understanding of world affairs. Charges are directed toward institutions of higher education to provide flexible and imaginative programs for the survival of adult higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Continuation Education, Educational Innovation
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1975
This report is the third in a series of annual studies directed to institutions granting Ph.D. degrees in science in the United States and to their medical school components. Both Ph.D. and masters students are included in the 354-institution survey. Information gathered reveals that fall 1974 graduate science enrollment in institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support, Graduate Study
Fribush, Stuart L.; Larson, Thomas A. – 1975
The research methodology developed in this paper was intended to shed some light on the question of career performance differentials within academic medicine between persons who have undergone postdoctoral training and those who have not. Compared were two groups of medical school faculty members (including M. D.'s and Ph.D.'s). One group included…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Higher Education, Medical Education, Performance Factors
Findley, Warren G.; And Others – 1969
A 1-year postdoctoral research training program prepared one trainee in early childhood education during 1966-67. Flexible arrangements allowed this mature trainee to plan and follow his own program in consultation with the staff of the Research and Development Center in Educational Stimulation at the University of Georgia. Experimentation in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Educational Programs, Item Analysis
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Coggeshall, Porter E.; And Others – Science, 1978
Examines the postdoctoral buildup between 1973 and 1977 and its implications for the Ph.D. candidate planning a career in a biomedical field. The effect of the continued growth in postdoctorals on biomedical research, research training and employment opportunities is also investigated. (HM)
Descriptors: Careers, Doctoral Degrees, Employment, Graduate Medical Students
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Mann, Wallace V., Jr.; Binkley, Catherine J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1987
Issues to be considered in selecting organizations as sites for postdoctoral general dentistry programs are examined, including the advantages and disadvantages of dental schools and hospitals and the necessary faculty qualifications. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
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Pudwill, M. L. – Journal of Dental Education, 1987
To change state statutes and regulations concerning postdoctoral dental education as a requirement for licensure, the profession will have to provide ample justification and a change of philosophy regarding the qualification of the entry-level applicant into the profession in relation to protection of the public welfare. (MSE)
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Dental Schools, Family Practice (Medicine)
Braddock, Douglas – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1986
Answers the following questions: How does a Ph.D. degree differ from other postgraduate education? Why do people seek Ph.D.'s? How long does it take? How are graduate studies financed? and What kind of work do people with a Ph.D. do? (CT)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Financial Support
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Dagani, Ron – Chemical and Engineering News, 1980
Announces the introduction of a refresher course designed to expose senior chemists to modern organic chemistry, delving into such topics as new synthetic methods, molecular orbital theory, heterocyclic and organometallic chemistry, and C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, offered at the University of Florida in Gainesville in March 1981.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Descriptions, Organic Chemistry, Postdoctoral Education
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