Table 2 Results
Topic | Question | Mean current | Mean future | Difference (future higher = positive values) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Training in research | The basics (statistics, publication rules) to all residents | 3.13 | 4.43 | 1.30 |
In-depth training and protected time for residents | 2.71 | 4.08 | 1.37 | |
A structured programme for future clinical scientists | 2.48 | 4.25 | 1.78 | |
A structured programme for future full-time researchers | 2.40 | 3.84 | 1.44 | |
Drivers of research | Biology (such as cellular imaging) | 3.38 | 4.24 | 0.86 |
Pharmacology | 3.13 | 3.59 | 0.46 | |
Material sciences (such as nanotechnology) | 2.86 | 3.86 | 1.00 | |
Engineering | 3.38 | 3.65 | 0.26 | |
Physics | 3.56 | 3.76 | 0.20 | |
Epidemiology | 3.35 | 3.68 | 0.33 | |
Health technology assessment including patient outcomes, evaluation of benefits and costs | 3.62 | 4.10 | 0.48 | |
Recruitment | Before medical school (for instance summer school, projects) | 1.79 | 2.27 | 0.48 |
During medical school (lectures in anatomy, thesis, summer school) | 2.75 | 3.77 | 1.02 | |
At the start of residency (statistics courses, research year, etc.) | 2.98 | 4.14 | 1.16 | |
During residency (statistics courses, research year, etc.) | 3.63 | 4.34 | 0.71 | |
After residency (research fellowship, research projects) | 3.52 | 3.84 | 0.32 | |
As a staff member | 3.38 | 3.39 | 0.02 | |
Training contents | Ethics in research | 3.02 | 4.27 | 1.25 |
Medico-legal aspects of research | 2.89 | 4.16 | 1.27 | |
Publication rules (authorship, redundant publication, referencing) | 3.30 | 4.41 | 1.11 | |
"How to write a paper" courses | 3.21 | 4.55 | 1.34 | |
Biostatistics | 3.52 | 4.39 | 0.88 | |
Non-routine imaging methods (optical imaging, NIRS, spectroscopy, etc.) | 2.48 | 3.52 | 1.04 | |
Biology basics (molecular, cellular, physiology of systems, plasticity, etc.) | 2.55 | 3.84 | 1.29 | |
Biological imaging methods (various types of microscopy) | 2.09 | 3.41 | 1.32 | |
Pharmacology | 2.34 | 3.50 | 1.16 | |
Material sciences | 2.13 | 3.36 | 1.23 | |
Quantitative imaging | 2.77 | 4.13 | 1.36 | |
Basics of hospital and research economics | 2.36 | 3.50 | 1.14 | |
Basics of health care economics (at a national and international level) | 2.45 | 3.50 | 1.05 | |
Methods of technology assessment | 2.73 | 4.09 | 1.36 | |
How to write successful grant applications | 2.75 | 4.48 | 1.73 | |
Education methods | Formal lectures | 3.66 | 3.96 | 0.30 |
Workshops | 3.61 | 4.36 | 0.75 | |
Laboratory training | 2.70 | 3.82 | 1.13 | |
Scientific presentations by the trainees | 3.93 | 4.50 | 0.57 | |
Visiting international meetings by trainees | 3.70 | 4.39 | 0.70 | |
Publication of scientific papers by trainees | 3.71 | 4.55 | 0.84 | |
Degree training (MSc, PhD, MD/PhD) | 3.30 | 4.34 | 1.04 | |
Flexibility | (Women) | 2.57 | 3.63 | 1.05 |
Responsability, career planning | Individual | 4.11 | 4.25 | 0.14 |
Research group leader | 3.14 | 4.13 | 0.98 | |
Chief of section | 3.14 | 3.86 | 0.71 | |
Department chief | 3.57 | 3.95 | 0.38 | |
University | 2.88 | 3.66 | 0.79 | |
Network building | Individual | 3.63 | 3.84 | 0.21 |
Research group | 3.82 | 4.54 | 0.71 | |
Sections (such as abdominal imaging section, etc.) | 3.59 | 4.32 | 0.73 | |
Department of radiology | 3.68 | 4.18 | 0.50 | |
Faculty of medicine | 2.96 | 3.75 | 0.79 | |
University | 2.79 | 3.55 | 0.77 | |
Scientific societies | 3.71 | 4.34 | 0.63 | |
Funding agencies | 2.48 | 3.29 | 0.80 | |
Funding | Individual | 3.27 | 3.32 | 0.05 |
Research group | 3.88 | 4.30 | 0.43 | |
Sections (such as abdominal imaging section, etc.) | 2.88 | 3.91 | 1.04 | |
Department of radiology | 3.61 | 4.16 | 0.55 | |
Faculty of medicine | 3.09 | 3.80 | 0.71 | |
University | 3.14 | 3.77 | 0.63 | |
Scientific societies | 2.98 | 4.00 | 1.02 | |
Funding agencies | 3.38 | 3.95 | 0.57 | |
Measuring success | Board exams | 3.09 | 3.75 | 0.65 |
Academic assessments (such as peer review and thesis defence) | 3.64 | 4.27 | 0.64 | |
Bibliometric data (such as original papers or impact factors per resident) | 3.71 | 4.33 | 0.62 | |
Surveys of professionals (for instance: how long remaining in academics) | 2.80 | 3.65 | 0.85 | |
Mean values | 3.12 | 3.95 | 0.83 |