Money, Mentorship, and Misinformation: Barriers and Facilitators to Veterinarians' Pursuit of Postdoctoral Training in Laboratory Animal Medicine.

Blythe H Philips, Jovannah Gerisma, Anila R Tynan, Tiffany L Whitcomb
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Since 2015, it has become progressively more difficult for programs to recruit residents in laboratory animal medicine (LAM). Veterinarians are a necessary part of animal research, and having a shortage in veterinarians trained to work in this field has the potential to negatively impact research progress as well as animal welfare. With a goal to increase recruitment, we performed this study to better understand the barriers and facilitators that veterinarians experience when navigating the decision to pursue postdoctoral training in LAM. To do this, we recruited first-year LAM residents to participate in semistructured interviews, and performed thematic analysis on their responses. Key barriers included participants' awareness of perceived drawbacks of the field, inaccessibility of information about opportunities within the field, and misinformation about animal research both within the veterinary field and society at large. Key facilitators included participants' awareness of perceived benefits of the field, relationships with professionals involved in laboratory animal science, and formative predoctoral clinical experiences. Overall, we found evidence that information flow is particularly important in recruitment, suggesting that future recruitment strategies may want to target improved communication about LAM and animal research in general.

金钱、导师和错误信息:兽医接受实验动物医学博士后培训的障碍和促进因素。
自 2015 年以来,实验动物医学(LAM)专业招聘住院医师的难度逐渐加大。兽医是动物研究的必要组成部分,而受过该领域培训的兽医短缺有可能对研究进展和动物福利产生负面影响。为了增加招聘,我们开展了这项研究,以更好地了解兽医在决定是否继续接受 LAM 博士后培训时遇到的障碍和促进因素。为此,我们招募了一年级林学住院医师参加半结构式访谈,并对他们的回答进行了主题分析。主要障碍包括:参与者意识到该领域存在的弊端、无法获得有关该领域机会的信息,以及兽医领域和整个社会对动物研究的误导。关键的促进因素包括参与者对该领域利益的认识、与实验动物科学专业人士的关系以及博士前期的临床经验。总之,我们发现有证据表明,信息流在招募过程中尤为重要,这表明未来的招募策略可能需要以改善有关 LAM 和一般动物研究的沟通为目标。
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