Chapter 07: Current Challenges in Biomedical Education: Duration of Degree Programs and Mentoring
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Description
In this segment, Dr. Stancel first explains why the time to get a PhD in the biomedical sciences has increased and then talks about how the Graduate School is addressing the (national) challenge of reducing the length of time required to earn this degree. He then moves to the related issue of changes in mentoring of graduate students.
Publication Date
2-29-2012
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
George Stancel, PhD, Oral History Interview, February 29, 2012
Topics Covered
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - An Institutional Unit; The Educator; Professional Practice; The Professional at Work; Understanding Cancer, the History of Science, Cancer Research; Growth and/or Change; Mentoring; On Mentoring; On Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Stancel, George M. PhD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 07: Current Challenges in Biomedical Education: Duration of Degree Programs and Mentoring" (2012). Interview Chapters. 1473.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1473
Conditions Governing Access
Open
