Evolution of a functional taxonomy of career pathways for biomedical trainees

Abstract

Several reports have shown that doctoral and postdoctoral trainees in biomedical research pursue diverse careers that advance science meaningful to society. Several groups have proposed 3-tier career taxonomy to showcase these outcomes. This 3-tier taxonomy will be a valuable resource for institutions committed to greater transparency in reporting outcomes, to not only be transparent in reporting their own institutional data but also to lend greater power to a central repository.

Keywords

• Biomedical career outcomes
• career pathways
• taxonomy
• research career development
• STEM