Brandenburg Caitlin, Raatz Madeline, Ward Liz
Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Woolloongabba, Australia.
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
J Health Organ Manag. 2022 Apr 25;ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/JHOM-12-2021-0441.
Although the benefits of clinician researchers for health services are now more clearly recognised, their career development is not well understood. Hence, the purpose of this paper, a scoping review, is to determine what has been discussed in the literature about career opportunities for allied health (AH) clinician researchers in health services.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A structured literature search was completed in December 2020 for literature published 2010-2020 in English. A total of 2,171 unique abstracts were found and screened by two reviewers and 206 articles progressed to full text screening.
Forty-six studies were ultimately included; however, only two of these had aims directly related to AH clinician researcher careers, with the remainder containing only incidental data on this topic. Over half (56.5%) of the included studies were conducted in Australia, with a variety of AH professions represented. In terms of research design, 52.2% used cross-sectional survey designs, while case studies and qualitative research designs were also common. Key observations were that varying terminology and definitions were used, and there was little information about the inclusion of research in clinical positions or opportunities for formal clinical researcher positions in health services. There was some evidence to support that there are limited career opportunities after PhD completion, and that current career pathways are insufficient. There was conflicting evidence on whether engagement in research is beneficial for clinical career progression.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This review highlights a lack of research on this topic and outlines future directions to better support career pathways for AH clinician researchers.
尽管临床医生研究者对卫生服务的益处如今已得到更清晰的认识，但其职业发展却未得到充分理解。因此，本文作为一项范围综述，旨在确定文献中关于卫生服务领域专职医疗（AH）临床医生研究者职业机会的讨论内容。
设计/方法/途径：2020年12月完成了一项结构化文献检索，检索2010 - 2020年以英文发表的文献。共找到2171篇独特摘要，由两名评审员进行筛选，206篇文章进入全文筛选阶段。
最终纳入46项研究；然而，其中只有两项研究的目标与AH临床医生研究者的职业直接相关，其余研究仅包含关于该主题的附带数据。超过半数（56.5%）的纳入研究在澳大利亚进行，涵盖了多种AH专业。在研究设计方面，52.2%采用横断面调查设计，案例研究和定性研究设计也较为常见。主要观察结果是使用了不同的术语和定义，关于临床职位中研究工作的纳入情况或卫生服务领域正式临床研究者职位的机会，几乎没有相关信息。有一些证据支持博士毕业后职业机会有限，且当前的职业发展路径不足。关于参与研究对临床职业发展是否有益，存在相互矛盾的证据。
原创性/价值：本综述突出了该主题研究的匮乏，并概述了未来方向，以更好地支持AH临床医生研究者的职业发展路径。
