1. Associate Director, Center for Cancer Training
Assessing Early Outputs of a Program Exposing Postdoctoral Fellows to Careers Beyond Research
Julie L. Mason, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Cancer Training

2. NCI’s Trainees I High school students Pre- and post-baccalaureates
Graduate & Medical Students
Postdoctoral & research fellows

3. NCI’s Trainees I High school students Pre- and post-baccalaureates
Graduate & Medical Students
Postdoctoral & research fellows

4. “I have trained dozens of Postdocs
“I have trained dozens of Postdocs. One of them even got a faculty position!”

5. Trainees’ Needs
Help!

6. Trainees’ Needs
88% interested in site visits to explore multiple career paths*
*Data from the 2014 NCI Center for Cancer Research fellows and trainees survey

7. Explore On Site (EXPOSE)
Our Response
Explore On Site (EXPOSE)

8. Three Tenets Experiential (site visits) Leverage local ties
Build evaluation from onset

9. NCI Explore On Site (EXPOSE) Program
Share & Use
Engage
Stakeholders
Justify Conclusions
Describe Program
Gather Evidence
Evaluation Design
From the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

10. NCI Explore On Site (EXPOSE) Program
Share & Use
Engage
Stakeholders
Justify Conclusions
Describe Program
Gather Evidence
Evaluation Design
From the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

11. Stakeholders
Postdoctoral fellows
Training colleagues
Local employers

12. Stakeholders Postdoctoral fellows Training colleagues Local employers
Incorporate feedback into program design
Postdoctoral fellows
Training colleagues
Local employers

13. NCI Explore On Site (EXPOSE) Program
Share & Use
Engage
Stakeholders
Justify Conclusions
Describe Program
Gather Evidence
Evaluation Design
From the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

14. Logic Model

15. Logic Model

16. Logic Model

17. Logic Model

18. Logic Model

19. Program Structure Post-survey Pre-survey Site visits Workshop 2
Describe Program
Applications submitted
Review & selections
myIDP
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Site visits
Pre-survey
FDA
MedImmune
NIH
AAAS
Qiagen

20. Program Structure Post-survey Pre-survey Site visits Workshop 2
Describe Program
Applications submitted
Review & selections
myIDP
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Site visits
Pre-survey
FDA
MedImmune
NIH
AAAS
Qiagen
Clearly outlining goals sets realistic expectations

21. NCI Explore On Site (EXPOSE) Program
Engage
Stakeholders
Share & Use
Justify Conclusions
Describe Program
Gather Evidence
Evaluation Design
From the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

22. Knowledge and Skill Gain
Please select your best assessment of your knowledge/skill*
*Possible responses: No skill (1), little (2), some (3), good degree (4), great degree (5)

23. Post-EXPOSE Connections
Have you contacted (or been contacted by) any professionals you met through the site visits?

24. Post-EXPOSE Connections
Have you contacted (or been contacted by) any professionals you met through the site visits?
What was the nature of your contact?
Details, internships, other training
Building network
Job opportunities
Applying for job
Job interview
Mentoring/shadowing

25. Future Employment
Will you consider seeking employment at one of the organizations visited through EXPOSE?

26. Where We Were
Help! ? ? ?

27. Hires and New Positions
(1) Patent specialist, law firm
(3) FDA Commissioner’s fellowship
(1) FDA-NCI joint fellowship
(1) Project manager, biotech company
Total of 19 fellows in the cohort

28. Hires and New Positions
(1) Patent specialist, law firm
(3) FDA Commissioner’s fellowship
(1) FDA-NCI joint fellowship
(1) Project manager, biotech company
Think more ambitiously about all the data you wish to collect
Total of 19 fellows in the cohort

29. NCI Explore On Site (EXPOSE) Program
Share & Use
Engage
Stakeholders
Justify Conclusions
Describe Program
Gather Evidence
Evaluation Design
From the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

31. Why This Worked Incorporated stakeholder feedback early
Designed program with the end in mind
Identified success metrics early
Assessed achievement toward those metrics
Started the process over again!

32. Acknowledgements Program/Workshop Team Site Visit Coordinators
Jonathan Wiest, NIH
Lori Conlan, NIH
Randy Ribaudo, SciPhD
MedImmune/AstraZeneca: Kristine Freind, Chrissy McKenzie
FDA: Devon Thomas
AAAS: Sean Gallagher
Qiagen: Sheila Smaw