DOCUMENT RESUME ED 138 475 SE 022 497 TITLE Personnel Needs and Training for Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The 1976 Report of the ComMittee on a, Studi of National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel. INSTITUTION National Academy of Sciences - National Research Conncil, Washington, D.C. Commission on Human Resources. SPONS AGENCY National Institntes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, Md. .PUB DATE 76 CONTRACT NO-1-0D-5-2109 NOTE 243p.; For 1975 Report, see ED 114 009; Contains small and broken type in Tables AVAILABLE FROMCommission on Human Resources, Rational Research Council, 2101 Constitution Aven N.V., Washington, D.C. 20418 (free) EDRS,PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$12.71 Plus Postage. 1)ZSCRIPTORS *Behavioral Science Research; *College Science; Doctoral Programs; Enrollment Trends; *Government Role; *Higher Education; *Manpower Needs; Manpower Utilization; Medical Edncation; Research; *Sciences; Surveys ABSTRACT This report is the second of the annual reports prepared by this Committee. The Zommittee addressed itself in-this report primarily to what it viewed as the most pressing issue - making recommendations for the number of individuals uho should be supported by the research trainingsprograms of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration during fiscal years 1977 and 1978 in each of four broad fields: basic medical sciences, behavioral sciences, clinical sciences, and health services research. Chapter I presents an introduction and recommendation: Chapter II is a national overview of research training the biomedical and behavioral science,s. Chapter III is an assessment of manpower needs. Chapter IV considers future directions; included are four Areas the Cdmmittee_believes-need further attention. Also included are extensive appendices_with related information. 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Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. * *****************************************************************#***** PERSONNEL NEEDS.AND TRAINING FOR BIOMEIJCAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH THE 1976 REPORT of thb COMMITTEE ON A STUDY OF'NATIONAL NEEDS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCHPERSONNEL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RESOURCES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL National Academy of sciendes Washington, D.C. 1976 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the Councils of the . National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineer- ing, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the Com- mittee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to prOceduree- approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the. National Academy of Engineering,"and the Institute of Medicine.-- The work on which this publication is based wae perf6rmed pursuant to Contract No. NO1-0D-5-2109 with the National Insti-r-- tutes of Health of the Department of Health, Education, and Weir. fare. \ Available from: Commission on Hgman Resources . National Research.CounCil 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20418 Printed in the United Statee of America NATIONAL ACADEMY OP SCIENCES OFFICE OF THE PRES1DENT 2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE WASHINGTON., 0 C 20410 May 7, 1976 The Honorable DavidMathews Secretary of Health, Education,and Welfare .Washington, D. C. 20201 My dear Mr. Secretary: Education, I am pleased to present tothe Department of Health, Study of National and Welfarp the 1976 reportof the Committee on a It is the Needs for Biomedical andBehavioral Research Personnel. by the second annual report in thecontinuing study undertaken the National National Research Councilpursuant to_Title I of supported Research Act of 1974 (PL93-348),---1 he work has been of Health. under Contract NO1 OD 52109 with the National Institutes the . The Act states (Section473 (a)) that the purposes of Nation's overall need for study are to: "(1) establish, (A) the subject areas biomedical and behavioralresearch personnel, (B) the such personnel in which such personnel areneeded and the number of training needed in each such area, and(C) the kinds arid extent of (A) current which should be providedsuch. personnel; (2) assess for the training ofbiomedical and . training programs available thi's Act behavioral research personnelwhich are conducted under Institutes of Health rat or throughinstitutes under the National Administration, and and the Alcohol,'DrugAbuse, and Mental Health programs'available for the trainingof (B) pther current training (3) identify the kinds of researchpositions avail- such personnel; (4) deter-', able to, and held byindividuals completing such programs; in mine, to the extent feasible,whether the programs referred'to the-needs clause (B) of paragraph(2) would be adequate to meet in established under paragraph(1).if the programs referred to (5) determine clause (A) of paragraph(2) were terminated; and (2) what mcdifications in theprograms,referred to in paragraph under paragraph (1).", are required to meetthe needs established II 0 In the eleven months that have elapsed since the-submissionof Lhe 1975 report, the Committee has increased its ability to respond to these requirements. _The present report, unlike tne 1975 report, contains recommendations for departures from the prevailing training levels in three of four broad training areas as well as for redistri- bution of training funds between predoctoral and postdoctoral appointments. :Nevertheless, much remains to be done.before the Committee_will have achieved its goal of responding fully to the reqffirements of the Act. I trust that_the year ahead will see further progress toward this goal. We shall be glad to discuss the report with you and your staff. Sincerely yours, P lip flandler President Enclosure 6 PREFACE This 1976 report is the secondof the annual reports prepared by the Committee on aStudy of National Needs Dor Biomedical and Behaviordl ResearchPersonnel in a continuing study that was established pursuantto the'provisions of the National Research Service Award Actof 1974 (Public Law 93- 348).\,The report presents the resultsof work by the Committee and its advisorypdsnels and staff on a limited number of questions of pressingimportance. The-broader set of complex issues addretsedby the Act and summarized inthe opening pages of Chapter 1 willguide the Committee in its future activities. The Committee addressed itselfin this report primarily to the most pressingissue, that of makingspecinc recommendations for the numberof individuals who shouldbe supported by the research training programsof the National Ins-Atutes of Health and theAlcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental fiscal years 1977 and'1978 in , Health Administration during each of four broad fields: basic biomedical sciences, behavioral sciences, clinicalsdiences, and health services research. In addition, theCommiiitee has made,specific recomthendations with regard both tothe numbers to be suppOrted at the variousacadethlc levels of training and to the mechanisms by whichfunding should be proirided. The Committee will monitor theeffectiveness and impact of its current set_of recommendations overthe coming year. It has also developed a set of goalsand planned.a set of supporting Activities that willpermit a wider array 'of issues to be studied and reported uponin the ensuing annual reports. Because this report is oneof a continuing series, the ! redder is referred to thefirst annual report, that for 1915, as well as to the reportof the feasibility study isSued in February 1975 (seeBiblibgraphy) for details concerning the history ofthe Committee, lts organization, activities, and previousrecommendations. The earlier reports treat tae principlesthat underlie research training and the problems that areinherent in studies of professional personnel. They also contain discussionsof the relationship of federallysupported.research training programs to healthresearch and health care' needsof the nation, the history of the growthof federally supported research training,-and adescription of /tome characteristics and activities of NationalInstitutes ofHealth-supported trainees and fellows. Although no attempt has been madeto duplicate such information inthe current report, Chapter2 enlarges upon the principlesenunciated previously, while Chapter 3 develops and refinesthe issues related to personnel supply and to nationalneeds and.market demands. Chapter 4 relates the provisionsof the Act to areas'that will require special attentionby the Committee in its continuing'study. Central to all of these effortsis the fundamental issue of the degree or extentto which it is possible anduseful to define and establish human-resourcerequirements for increasingly fine fields ofspecialization within the biomedical and behavioral sciendes. In addition; the