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Use of individual development plans for nurse scientist training
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Use of individual development plans for nurse scientist training

Hilaire J. Thompson, Sheila Judge Santacroce, Rita H. Pickler, Jerilyn K. Allen, Jane M. Armer, Suzanne Bakken, Kathryn H. Bowles, Yvette P. Conley, Sandra A. Dunbar, Lee Ellington, …
Nursing outlook, Vol.68(3), pp.284-292
05/01/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.01.001
PMCID: PMC7605358
PMID: 32197775

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Abstract

Individualized development plans (IDPs) are tools designed to support persons in identifying professional goals and strategies to achieve these goals. Currently, IDPs are used across all of the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Awards (T32) funded by the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR). While several organizations, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have strongly encouraged the use of IDPs to support identification and achievement of learning and career development goals, limited information is available on how to best implement these tools in research training. The purpose of this paper is to present an experiential discussion of NINR-funded T32 programs to identify initial best practices for use of IDPs in the mentoring and development of pre- and postdoctoral trainees, emphasizing the role of the IDP in provision of feedback and advancing the training and career development of nurse scientists.
Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Science & Technology

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