Graduate Biomedical Science Education Needs a New Philosophy

ABSTRACT There is a growing realization that graduate education in the biomedical sciences is successful at teaching students how to conduct research but falls short in preparing them for a diverse job market, communicating with the public, and remaining versatile scientists throughout their careers...

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Autores principales: Gundula Bosch, Arturo Casadevall
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:209711593566498aa4bc234a387c5cac2021-11-15T15:51:55ZGraduate Biomedical Science Education Needs a New Philosophy10.1128/mBio.01539-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/209711593566498aa4bc234a387c5cac2017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01539-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT There is a growing realization that graduate education in the biomedical sciences is successful at teaching students how to conduct research but falls short in preparing them for a diverse job market, communicating with the public, and remaining versatile scientists throughout their careers. Major problems with graduate level education today include overspecialization in a narrow area of science without a proper grounding in essential critical thinking skills. Shortcomings in education may also contribute to some of the problems of the biomedical sciences, such as poor reproducibility, shoddy literature, and the rise in retracted publications. The challenge is to modify graduate programs such that they continue to generate individuals capable of conducting deep research while at the same time producing more broadly trained scientists without lengthening the time to a degree. Here we describe our first experiences at Johns Hopkins and propose a manifesto for reforming graduate science education.Gundula BoschArturo CasadevallAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticlePh.D.educationgraduateMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 6 (2017)
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Graduate Biomedical Science Education Needs a New Philosophy
description ABSTRACT There is a growing realization that graduate education in the biomedical sciences is successful at teaching students how to conduct research but falls short in preparing them for a diverse job market, communicating with the public, and remaining versatile scientists throughout their careers. Major problems with graduate level education today include overspecialization in a narrow area of science without a proper grounding in essential critical thinking skills. Shortcomings in education may also contribute to some of the problems of the biomedical sciences, such as poor reproducibility, shoddy literature, and the rise in retracted publications. The challenge is to modify graduate programs such that they continue to generate individuals capable of conducting deep research while at the same time producing more broadly trained scientists without lengthening the time to a degree. Here we describe our first experiences at Johns Hopkins and propose a manifesto for reforming graduate science education.
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