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Objective:This study aims to explore the possible development path of hospital research assistants in China based on the cognition of the demand and management status quo from research management personnel in tertiary hospitals.Methods:62 scientific research management personnel from all over the country were surveyed, data about their cognition and the current status of scientific research assistants, that including the willingness of employ, position cognition, eligibility and competence, quantity and efficiency, management implementation, influencing factors and difficulties in team development, were collected and analyzed. Regarding to the practical needs and management status, the results were described by frequency, percentage and average score, and the rank sum test was used to verify whether there was any difference in the employment intention between the management department and the project team in the cognition of the survey subjects.Results:From the perspective of scientific research managers, there is a strong willingness at hospital level to employ the research assistant, positions require applicants with bachelor′s degree or above in medicine or other related majors. The most urgent needs are management of project funds, equipment and consumables, research integrity and ethics.The interviewees who work with research assistants think that the effect of research assistants on improving scientific research efficiency is obvious.However, the percentage of formulation of research assistants management measures is less than 40%, and the percentages of uniformly organized training and assessment are relatively low. There are still problems and challenges, such as incomplete cognition of the positioning and function, incomplete functional and vocational system, imperfect incentive mechanism and insufficient support for ability cultivation and improvement.Conclusions:It′s necessary to strengthen the top-down design of the development of scientific research assistant team and the construction of career system, improve the management basis and implementation mechanism, supporting resources should be in place, and promote capacity building system in order to develop a long-term mechanism of mutual promotion between the team building of scientific research assistants and the innovation of hospital scientific research management.
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Objective:To discuss the development and management of full-time research assistants in China′s large hospitals.Methods:Through the methods of policy sorting, literature research, summarization, and classification, this study focused on the policy background, development opportunities, and the needs of the times for the position establishment of research assistants in China′s large hospitals, comprehensively classified the practical exploration and existing problems of employing and managing full-time research assistants in typical large hospitals in the country, and discussed the relevant management strategies learned from international experience.Results:In addition to hospitals directly affiliated with colleges and universities, dozens of large local hospitals in more than ten provinces have carried out beneficial practices of establishing the employment, management, and assessment systems for research assistants positions and achieved some progress. However, there are still common problems such as limited cognition of ″temporary positions″, insufficient coverage of the positions, low salary and welfare, and lack of training and development mechanisms as well as promotion and career development paths.Conclusions:The development and management of research assistants in large hospitals have gradually shifted their purpose from alleviating the employment issue of the graduates to reserving talented people in medical teaching, researching and managing, forming a high-quality, professional, and full-time medical scientific team, and continuously innovating. This article puts forward some suggestions about establishing the management system of research assistants, strengthening the standardized training for talented people, and constructing a diversified incentive mechanism combining performance appraisal and target management for research assistants.
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The situation of population aging is grim.And scientific and technological innovation is an important strategic support means to solve the problem of population aging.President Xi Jinping has put forward the guiding ideology of "Four Facing" of scientific and technological innovation, pointing out the direction of using science and technology to support the high-quality development of the aging cause and to realize healthy aging.The scientific and technological innovation of population aging has always been highly integrated with exploring international science frontiers, serving main economic sectors, meeting major national needs and safeguarding people's life and health.This paper elaborates on the deep integration between the aging population and the "four facing" of scientific and technological innovation, in order to better construct a new development pattern, and for science to help actively cope with the smooth implementation of the national strategy of population aging.