Providing Experiential Business and Management Training for Biomedical Research Trainees.

ABSTRACT: Many biomedical PhD trainees lack exposure to business principles, which limits their competitiveness and effectiveness in academic and industry careers. To fill this training gap, we developed Business and Management Principles for Scientists, a semester-long program that combined didactic exposure to business fundamentals with practical team-based projects aimed at solving real business problems encountered by institutional shared--resource core facilities. The program also included a retreat featuring presentations by and networking with local life science entrepreneurs and final team presentations to expert judges. Quantitative and qualitative metrics were used to evaluate the program's impact on trainees. A pretest-posttest approach was used to assess trainees' baseline knowledge and

SUBMITTER: Petrie KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589431 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature