Re: Postdoc experience Jennifer Shambrook 22 Sep 2005 10:08 EST

Policies to enrich???  Not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I would say that if you want to enrich and improve the postdoctoral experience at your institution, you should focus first on what will help them prepare for a career in research... such as a good mentoring program with a variety of mentorship experiences (as well as a primary mentor), support for scientific meetings, the usual training in scientific integrity, and exceptional training in grantsmanship (which includes an intensive in-house review of anything they want to submit to outside agencies).  After you decide the experiences you want them to have, then start thinking about any "policies" that might be built around those experiences.  Let structure follow function, rather than the other way round.

xoxo
-Jennifer

Jennifer Morgan Shambrook, MHA

Associate Chair for Research Administration
Co-Director Division of Public Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Medical University of South Carolina
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>>> xxxxxx@ECOSTUDIES.ORG 09/22/05 11:00AM >>>
Morning All,

We have formed a committee that is attempting to enrich and improve the PostDoc experience at IES.  Does anyone have institutional policies that they would be willing to share.

Thanks for your help.

Marie

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