Table 3.

Faculty and Trainee Perceptions of the Future of Behavioral Medicine

Item		Faculty (n=162) n (%)	Trainee (n=110) n (%)
How much do you agree with the following statement: “The program I am affiliated with will adequately train my trainees to become successful behavioral medicine researchers or clinicians”
Strongly Disagree		9 (6.2)	3 (2.8)
Disagree		5 (3.4)	3 (2.8)
Neither Agree nor Disagree		24 (16.4)	10 (9.4)
Agree		64 (43.8)	52 (49.1)
Strongly Agree		44 (30.1)	38 (35.9)
Ways in which clinical training needs to evolve to prepare students to be modern, successful behavioral medicine specialists
Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary clinical teams		50 (30.9)	52 (32.1)
Integrating technology in clinical practice		27 (21.4)	29 (17.9)
Training in policy/advocacy		15 (11.9)	28 (17.3)
Communication with advisors		12 (9.5)	16 (9.9)
Seeking nontraditional funding for practice		11 (8.7)	20 (12.3)
Other		6 (4.8)	6 (3.7)
Applying to psychology internships		4 (3.2)	11 (6.8)