Characteristics and outcomes of Canadian MD/PhD program graduates: a cross-sectional survey

MA Skinnider, JW Squair, DDW Twa, JX Ji… - … Open Access Journal, 2017 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Combined MD/PhD programs provide a structured path for physician-scientist
training, but assessment of their success within Canada is limited by a lack of quantitative …

Performance report for a 10-year-old MD/PhD Program: A survey of trainees at the University of Ottawa

A Pietrobon, L Chehadé… - Clinical and …, 2020 - utpjournals.press
Purpose Integrated MD/PhD programs are relatively new in Canada and represent a
platform to train the next generation of clinician-scientists. However, MD/PhD programs vary …

[HTML][HTML] The MD-PhD program in Geneva: a 10-year analysis of graduate demographics and outcomes

A Dos Santos Rocha, C Combescure, F Negro - BMC medical education, 2020 - Springer
Background MD-PhD programs confer degrees that empower medical doctors with in-depth
scientific skills to contribute to biomedical research and academic medicine, alongside …

Are MD-PhD programs meeting their goals? An analysis of career choices made by graduates of 24 MD-PhD programs

LF Brass, MH Akabas, LD Burnley… - Academic …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Purpose MD-PhD training programs provide an integrated approach for training physician-
scientists. The goal of this study was to characterize the career path taken by MD-PhD …

MD/PhD Training in Canada: Results from a national trainee and program director review

AA Jones, E Ng, MO Deguise, L Mak… - Clinical and …, 2016 - utpjournals.press
Purpose There has been limited examination of clinician scientist training in Canada,
particularly regarding training integration and funding. This study assessed program …

Predictors of sustained research involvement among MD/PhD programme graduates

MA Skinnider, DDW Twa, JW Squair… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Context MD/PhD programmes provide structured paths for physician‐scientist training.
However, considerable proportions of graduates of these programmes do not pursue …

Perspective: PhD scientists completing medical school in two years: looking at the Miami PhD-to-MD program alumni twenty years later

LG Koniaris, MC Cheung, G Garrison… - Academic …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Producing and retaining physician–scientists remains a major challenge in advancing
innovation, knowledge, and patient care across all medical disciplines. Various programs …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian MD-Ph. D. Programs Produce Impactful Physician-Scientists: The McGill Experience

TE Zhou, PA Savage, MJ Eisenberg - Journal of Biomedical Education, 2016 - hindawi.com
On June 18, 2015, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced that it
would terminate funding to MD-Ph. D. programs due to budget constraints, against the …

The research productivity of Canadian physicians: how the timing of obtaining a PhD has an influence

RA Kearney, SY Lee, EN Skakun, DL Tyrrell - Academic Medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To determine whether the sequence of training to obtain MD and PhD degrees is
associated with different career paths for physicians who have their PhD before medical …

MD–PhD program graduates' engagement in research: Results of a national study

DA Andriole, D Grbic, J Yellin, R McKinney - Academic Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To determine if specialty, among other professional development and demographic
variables, predicted MD–PhD program graduates' research engagement. Method The …