Contents

• National Academy of Sciences
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Committee on a Study of National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel
• 1. Introduction and Recommendations
  • Historical Overview
  • Review of Current Studies
  • The Federal Role and Training Quality
  • Recommendations
  • RECOMMENDATION 1. Basic Biomedical Sciences
  • RECOMMENDATION 2. Behavioral Sciences
  • RECOMMENDATION 3. Clinical Sciences
  • RECOMMENDATION 4. Health Services Research
  • Numerical Recommendations
  • RECOMMENDATION 5. Announcement Areas
  • The Task of Identifying Priority Training Areas
  • Basic Biomedical Sciences
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Clinical Sciences
  • Health Services Research
  • Footnotes
• 2. Research Training in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences--A National Overview
  • The Research Training System
  • The System of Support in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
  • Determining the Supply and Demand (Need) for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel
  • Footnotes
• 3. Assessment of Manpower Needs
  • Markets for Biomedical and Behavioral Ph.D. Scientists
  • The Market for Postprofessional Investigators in the Clinical Sciences
  • The Market for Health Services Researchers
  • Summary
  • Footnotes
• 4. Future Directions
  • Definition of Research Population
  • Refinement of Supply/Demand Analyses
  • Personnel needs in Specialty Areas
  • Alternative Support Mechanisms
• Bibliography
• List of Abbreviations in the Appendixes
• APPENDIX I. Membership of Advisory Panels and Committee Staff
• APPENDIX II. Supplementary Tables
• APPENDIX III. NIH and ADAMHA Commitments in FY 1976 and FY 1977 by Initial Training Authority
• APPENDIX IV. Training Programs of NIH and ADAMHA: FY 1975 Awards by Program Area and Institute/Division
• APPENDIX V. Pertinent Sections of the National Research Service Award Act of 1974
• APPENDIX VI. NIH and ADAMHA Announcements for FY 1975 NRSA Program
• APPENDIX VII. NIH and ADAMHA Announcements for fy 1976 NRSA Program
• Glossary

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Institute of Medicine 1976. Personnel Needs and Training for Biomedical and Behavioral Reserach: 1976 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9910.

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