Today's Career Research Articles

Book Review: Engineering Your Future — launching a successful entry-level technical career in today's business environment:

Book Review: Engineering Your Future — launching a successful entry-level technical career in today's business environment:

Derailment: success and failure.

Today's career executive faces the challenges of the health care industry and the challenges of managing one's own career. The ability to accurately assess one's own career and use that knowledge to plan future career strategies is essential. This article gives many practical hints for career success.

Pathways to Improved Radiologic Research

In summary, the workshop recommended two years of research training as being essential for radiologists to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to begin a successful research career in today's funding and academic environment. Many pathways can combine two years of research training and provide fulfillment of existing requirements to achieve specialty certification and subspecialty credentialing. Departments of radiology supporting the beginning qualified investigator should allow him or her approximately 75% research time for the first three years of the academic appointment. Departmental research time accorded faculty members may best be concentrated on a few individuals, providing them sufficient time to be competitive for peer-reviewed grants and enabling research advances to provide a solid foundation for the future of radiologic imaging.

Parental Leave: New Challenge in the U.S. Workplace

Elizabeth Walker is one of today's career women who has received increasing media attention over the last decade.