The costs and benefits of a modified biomedical science workforce.

ABSTRACT: Analyses of the biomedical research workforce, the biomedical research enterprise, and its sustainability have identified a number of threats and offered many solutions to alleviate the problems. While a number of these solutions have been implemented, one solution that has not been broadly adopted, despite being widely recommended, is to increase the number of staff scientists and reduce dependency on trainees. The perceived impediment of this is the cost. This paper explores the costs associated with laboratory personnel and the benefits, in terms of productivity, associated with different positions in the workforce. The results of this cost-benefit analysis depend upon the values assigned to different metrics of productivity by individuals and institutions. If first and senior author pu

SUBMITTER: Schaller MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876701 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature