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*1. In the past 12 months, which of the following have you done as a part of your career
exploration and development?
a. Completed an Individual
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b. Held internship(s)
internal to the institution
c. Held internship(s)
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d. Attended a course(s)
about career planning for
credit
e. Attended a course(s)
about career planning not
for credit
f. Sought career advice
from your PI
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from a faculty member
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staff member
h. Discussed career plans
with professionals outside
of academia
i. Attended careerrelated
event(s) at your institution
(e.g. workshops, speakers,
career fairs, seminars, etc.)
j. Attended careerrelated
event(s) NOT at your
institution (e.g. workshops,
speakers, career fairs,
seminars, etc.)
k. Read books, articles,
and/or online sources
about career development
or planning
l. Other (please specify)
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*2. How confident are you in your ability to do the following?
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confidence
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abilities to pursue your
desired career path(s)
b. Determine the steps to
pursue your desired career
path(s)
c. Talk to your PI/faculty
advisor regarding your
desired career path(s)
d. Seek advice from
professionals in your desired
career path(s)
e. Identify potential
employers, firms, and
institutions relevant to your
desired career path(s)
f. Achieve your career goals
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*3. Based on the list of career paths, to what extent are you currently considering the
following?
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a. Principal investigator in a
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careers
products
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production
t. Clinical research
management
u. Career that is not related
to science
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*FEEDBACK FOR QUESTION 3
Please comment if the descriptions in the career path table were helpful in answering
Question
3.
f.
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*4. To what extent has your interest in the career paths you are currently considering
changed during your most recent postdoctoral training position?
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*5. How influential are the following factors in your choice of desired career path(s)?
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g. Mentor advice
h. Other (please specify)
*FEEDBACK FOR QUESTION 5
What are your thoughts on changing the wording from “important” to “influential”?
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*6. Thinking about your interactions with your PI/faculty advisor, how much do you agree
with the following statements?
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*7a. Thinking about your department as a whole, how much do you agree with the
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c. I feel I received support
from my department for a
broad range of career path
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*7b. Thinking about your institution as a whole, how much do you agree with the
following statements?
d. I feel I received the
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*FEEDBACK FOR QUESTIONS 7A AND 7B
What are your thoughts about Questions 7a and 7b? Regarding professional development
activities, what types of distinctions do you make between the support you receive from
your department and your institution?
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*8. Did you participate in the BEST program?
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*9. Thinking about all the careerrelated activities you may have participated in, how
helpful was the BEST program in the following areas?
a. Providing you with
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wide range of careers
b. Making career decisions
*10. What BEST program activities or events did you find most helpful in your career
planning? Please explain.
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*11. Did you participate in careerrelated activities other than the ones provided by the
BEST program?
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*12. What activities did you find most helpful in your career planning? Please explain.
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*13. Please describe activities that helped you most in your career planning and whether
the activities were offered by your institution.
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SECTION 4. RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY & EMPLOYMENT STATUS
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*14a. Have you been a first author on a publication in a peer reviewed journal?
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j b. No
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*14b. How many first author publications do you have in peer reviewed journals?
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*15. What is your current employment status?
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j b. Have accepted a position as a postdoc at another institution
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j f. Seeking employment but have no specific prospects
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j g. Seeking postdoc position but have no specific prospects
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*16. What is your job title?
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*17. What is the name of the institution in which you accepted or are negotiating for a
position?
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*18. What degree program will you be pursuing?
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*19. In which type of organization will you be employed? If you are negotiating, in which
type of organization would you be employed?
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j e. Precollege educational system (preschool through high school)
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j f. U.S. Federal government
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j g. U.S. State government
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j j. Not for profit organization
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j k. Industry/Corporate (for profit)
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j l. Selfemployed
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j h. U.S. Local government
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j i. Foreign government
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j m. Other (please specify)
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*20. What best describes your position?
j a. Academic Faculty, tenuretrack
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j b. Academic Faculty, not tenuretrack
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j c. Administration/management
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j d. Nonfaculty Researcher
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j e. Teaching
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j f. Other (please specify)
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*21. Where is the location of your employment?
j a. In the U.S.
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j b. Outside the U.S.
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*22. Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with this position?
j a. Very Satisfied
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j b. Satisfied
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j c. Neutral
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j d. Dissatisfied
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j e. Very dissatisfied
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*23. In what career path does this position fit?
j a. Principal investigator in a researchintensive institution
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j b. Research in industry
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j c. Research staff in a researchintensive institution
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j d. Combined research and teaching careers
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j e. Teachingintensive careers in academia
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j f. Science education for K12 schools
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j g. Science education for nonscientists
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j h. Clinical practice
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j i. Public health related careers
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j j. Scientific/medical testing
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j k. Science writing
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j l. Research administration
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j m. Science policy
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j n. Intellectual property
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j o. Business of science
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j p. Entrepreneurship
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j q. Sales and marketing of sciencerelated products
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j r. Support of sciencerelated products
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j s. Drug/device approval and production
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j t. Clinical research management
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j u. Other (please specify)
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*24. How did you first hear of this position? (Check all that apply)
c a. Posting on online job board
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c b. Professional organization sites or listservs
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c c. Previous internship, job, or volunteer experience with the employer
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c d. Previous job shadowing experience with the employer
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c e. Institution’s career services
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c f. Oncampus interview
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c g. Oncampus career fair
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c h. Institution sponsored networking such as advisor referral, other faculty referral, or alumni network
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c i. Social Networking site (LinkedIn, etc.)
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c j. Colleague
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c k. Your PI/faculty mentor
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c l. Another faculty mentor
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c m. Family/Friend
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c n. I do not remember
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c o. Other (please specify)
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OMB # 09250046 Expiration Date: 05/31/2016
25. NIH is conducting a longterm study of the training and career outcomes of graduate
students and postdoctoral scientists. NIH would like to invite you to participate in postexit
surveys in 2, 6, 10, and 15 years after you exit this institution. The information you provide
in the surveys could improve doctoral and postdoctoral training experiences within the
biomedical science programs/departments at your institution. There will be raffles for
prizes offered to the participants of these surveys. Your participation in the surveys is
voluntary. You are free to withdraw your consent and discontinue participation without
penalty at any time.
The surveys will take between 510 minutes. If you are interested in participating in these
surveys, please provide your email address(es) below.
Primary Email Address (e.g.
personal or non
institutional):
Secondary Email Address
(optional):
If you agree to participate in the followup surveys, the data from surveys you have
participated in during graduate school or your postdoctoral training will be linked to the
data in the postexit surveys. Please check the box below to consent.
c I consent to have my data from surveys linked to postexit survey data.
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FEEDBACK
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*Please record the end time when you finish, so we can approximate the time it takes to
complete the survey.
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*A. What is your overall impression of the survey?
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*B. Were any of the instructions unclear? If yes, which questions and why? Please feel
free to use the back button to go back through the survey.
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*C. Where there any questions where you feel the wording could be improved? If yes,
which questions and why? Please feel free to use the back button to go back through the
survey.
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*D. Were there any questions you feel did not apply to you? Why?
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*E. What are your comments about the order of the questions?
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*F. What suggestions do you have to encourage participation in the surveys?
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