Clinical scientists' early career choices and progression: an exploratory mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the influences on healthcare professionals' career choices and progression can inform interventions to improve workforce retention. Retention of health professionals is a high priority worldwide, in order to maintain expertise and meet the needs of national populations. In the UK, investment in clinical scientists' pre-registration education is high and the need to retain motivated scientists recognised.

Methods

We conducted a mixed methods study to investigate the career choices and progression of early career clinical scientists. First job sector and salary of trainees who completed the UK pre-registration Scientist Training Programme (STP) between 2014 and 2019 were analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi-Squared tests. Semi-structured inter

SUBMITTER: Smith M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8494160 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature