Alumni Perspectives on Career Preparation during a Postdoctoral Training Program: A Qualitative Study

This article features qualitative data from in-depth interviews of alumni from a long-standing, structured, postdoctoral research training program. Alumni from diverse scientific disciplines and representing 25 years of the program’s history reflected on the training curriculum and career preparation as it relates to their current career path.

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