Invited Article Training Doctoral Students to be Scientists

The purpose of this article is to begin framing doctoral training for a science of social work. This process starts by examining two seemingly simple questions: ‘‘What is a social work scientist?’ ’ and ‘‘How do we train social work scientists?’ ’ In answering the first question, some basic assumptions and concepts about what constitutes a ‘‘social work scientist’ ’ are articulated, and how this individual is distinct from a ‘‘sharp’ ’ (a researcher with no independent vision), a scholar, and even a scientist within other dis-ciplines. In responding to the second, these concepts are operationalized into educational principles necessary to creating new social work scientists