Bridging the Bed-Bench Gap Contributions of the Markey Trust (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Conclusions and Observations for Philanthropic Funders
Conclusions and Observations for Philanthropic Funders
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The Markey Trust is a good example that could be used to encourage additional private contributions in this area. Markey Trust charitable contributions to biomedical research had the following attributes: · Awards were restricted to biomedical research and training.
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Most importantly the programs were not required to track or monitor the progress of trainees beyond the completion of the program so that the lack of outcome data limited the Committee's ability to assess the success of different training approaches. Future funders of graduate training programs should ensure that a comprehensive program evaluation and prospective
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A carefully structured program with attention to elements of training, defined course work, mentoring, networking opportunities, and research experience was found in programs that the Committee considered to be excellent Protected Time for the Physician Trainees. Time must be protected from the additional responsibility of patient care if the physician-scientist is to obtain sufficient training to enable hun or her to compete with their Ph.D.
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For example, intramural funding is used at Washington University and the programs at the University of California, San Francisco; endowment funds have been channeled into the program at Columbia University; and extramural funding has been obtained by Johns Hopkins University. The Committee recognized that for many of the recipient institutions the Markey award was one of a number of training grants awarded from a wide range of funding sources.
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Concerning me General Organizational Grants program, the Committee simply could not evaluate the General Organizational Grants program quantitatively in view of the heterogeneity in its central theme and the absence of more stringent reporting of the necessary data. In the future, funders should build such evaluation processes into their grants.
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