Factors influencing career progress for early stage clinician-scientists in emerging Asian academic medical centres: a qualitative study in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the factors that influence career progress for early stage clinician-scientists and to identify ways to mitigate these factors in the context of emerging Asian academic medical centres (AMCs).

Design

Qualitative interviews and thematic data analysis based on grounded theory.

Setting and participants

Five focus group interviews comprising 29 early career clinician-scientists who have received their first national-level career development award in Singapore.

Results

Clinical priorities represented an overarching concern with many reporting the difficulty in delineating responsibilities between clinical care and research. Additionally, there was a prevailing perception of the lack of support for research at the institutional level. Participan

SUBMITTER: Yoon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855163 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature