Career Development of Physician Scientists: A Survey of Leaders in Academic Medicine

In recent years, the number of junior physicians who choose and sustain careers as physician-scientists has declined. Recent work with residents and senior research scientists under the auspices of the Association of Professors in Medicine (APM) and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Physic...

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Published inThe American journal of medicine Vol. 124; no. 8; pp. 779 - 787
Main Authors Shea, Judy A., PhD, Stern, David T., MD, PhD, Klotman, Paul E., MD, Clayton, Charles P, O'Hara, Jessica L, Feldman, Mitchell D., MD, MPhil, Griendling, Kathy K., PhD, Moss, Marc, MD, Straus, Sharon E., MD, MSc, Jagsi, Reshma, MD, DPhil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2011
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Associations
Biological and medical sciences
Career Choice
Career development planning
Faculty, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Female
General aspects
Health participants
Humans
Initiatives
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Mentors - education
Mentors - statistics & numerical data
Physician's Role
Physicians
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Design
Research Personnel - education
Scientists
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task forces
United States
United States
Medicine
Research worker
Survey
Higher education
Surveillance
Health staff
Scientific research
Development
Physician
Career
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Summary:In recent years, the number of junior physicians who choose and sustain careers as physician-scientists has declined. Recent work with residents and senior research scientists under the auspices of the Association of Professors in Medicine (APM) and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Physician-Scientist initiative has explored factors that may explain this decline. To inform efforts to overhaul the processes by which medical schools and teaching hospitals mentor and support physician-scientists, information on current practices and policies is needed. Here, Shea et al explore the perspectives of a key group of thought leaders with active roles in selecting, mentoring, and supporting junior physician-scientists: chairs of medical school-based departments of medicine and directors of Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) centers.
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ISSN:0002-9343
1555-7162
DOI:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.004