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Last Updated: June 16, 2008

Posted here will be articles and references that are specific to the physician scientist training and career path.  As the association continues to grow, a regular publication addressing relevant issues will be distributed through this web site and electronically via our mailing lists.  If you would like to write an article regarding a superb aspect of your training program, your own career path as a physician scientist, or editorials regarding the training of physician scientists or its future, contact us with your interests.

 

APSA Newsletters:

March 2008

 APSA Newsletter ( Volume 2 Number 3) - Winter 2008 [PDF] [HTML]

Nov. 2007

 APSA Newsletter ( Volume 2 Number 2) - Fall 2007 [PDF] [HTML]
July 2007 APSA Newsletter ( Volume 2 Number 1) - Summer 2007 [PDF] [HTML]
Jan. 2007 APSA Newsletter ( Volume 1 Number 2) - Winter 2007   [HTML]
June 2006 APSA Newsletter ( Volume 1 Number 1) - Summer 2006   [HTML]
 
Popular Press:

May 2005

"Renaissance Doctors: MD/PhDs in the Social Sciences And Humanities" by Seth Holmes and Scott Sonington

 UCSF Synapse

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Features:

Nov. 2003

Science Next Wave: Feature - The MD/PhD Career Track: This is an extensive and excellent feature put together by MD/PhD Directors, Administrators, and Students.  It covers many issues for life as a physician scientist ranging from the MD/PhD training itself to balancing your career to post-graduate opportunities.

Science Next Wave

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Articles:
Sep. 2005 Timothy J. Ley; Leon E. Rosenberg. "The Physician-Scientist Career Pipeline in 2005: Build It, and They Will Come" JAMA 2005 294: 1343-1351. Journal of the American Medical Association (Subscription Required) [Abstract]
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Feb. 2005

Watt, Christopher D., Greeley, Siri Atma W., Shea, Judy A., Ahn, Jaimo. "Educational Views and Attitudes, and Career Goals of MD-PhD Students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine" Acad Med 2005 80: 193-198

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Dec. 2004 Fang, Di, Meyer, Roger E. "Effect of Two Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Programs for Medical Students on the Likelihood of Pursuing Research Careers" Acad Med 2003 78: 1271-1280

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Oct. 2004 Kaushansky, Kenneth. "ASCI Presidential Address Mentoring and teaching clinical investigation" J. Clin. Invest. 2004 114: 1165-1168

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Oct. 2004 Stanley Zucker, John C. Crabbe, George Cooper, IV, Fred Finkelman, Corey Largman, Robert W. McCarley, Louis Rice, Janet Rubin, Burce Richardson, Frederick Seil, Gordon L. Snider, and Arthur A. Vandenbark. "Veterans Administration support for medical research: opinions of the endangered species of physician-scientists" FASEB J. 18: 1481-1486.

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Mar. 2003

Neilson, Eric G. "The role of medical school admissions committees in the decline of physician-scientists" J. Clin. Invest. 2003 111: 765-767

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Mar. 2003 Nancy S. Sung; William F. Crowley, Jr; Myron Genel; Patricia Salber; Lewis Sandy; Louis M. Sherwood; Stephen B. Johnson; Veronica Catanese; Hugh Tilson; Kenneth Getz; Elaine L. Larson; David Scheinberg; E. Albert Reece; Harold Slavkin; Adrian Dobs; Jack Grebb; Rick A. Martinez; Allan Korn; David Rimoin. "Central Challenges Facing the National Clinical Research Enterprise" JAMA 2003 289: 1278-1287 Journal of the American Medical Association
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Nov. 2002 Guelich JM, Singer BH, Castro MC, Rosenberg LE. "A gender gap in the next generation of physician–scientists: medical student interest and participation in research" J Investig Med. 2002;50:412– 8. Journal of Investigative Medicine
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May 2002 Varki, A & Rosenberg, L.E. "Emerging opportunities and career paths for the young physician-scientist" Nature Med. 8, 437–439 (2002).  Nature Medicine
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May 2002 Andrews NC. "The other physician–scientist problem: where have all the young girls gone?" Nature Med. 2002;8:439–41. Nature Medicine
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Jan. 2002 Ley, Timothy J., Rosenberg, Leon E. "Removing Career Obstacles for Young Physician-Scientists -- Loan-Repayment Programs" N Engl J Med 2002 346: 368-a-372 The New England Journal of Medicine
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Apr. 2001 Moskowitz, Jay, Thompson, James N. "Enhancing the Clinical Research Pipeline: Training Approaches for a New Century" Acad Med 2001 76: 307-315

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Feb. 2000

Zemlo, Tamara R., Garrison, Howard H., Partridge, Nicola C., Ley, Timothy J. "The Physician-Scientist: Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000" FASEB J. 14: 221-230

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1999 Varki, Ajit. "Executive summary of the Nerflex Commission Report" J Clin Invest. 1999;104 Suppl:S25-34.

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Jun. 1999

Rosenberg, Leon E. "The physician-scientist: An essential — and fragile — link in the medical research chain" J. Clin. Invest. 1999 103: 1621-1626

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Jun. 1999

Hirsch, J.  "An Association for Patient-Oriented Research" Ann Intern Med 1999; 1014-1017.

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Jan. 1999 Peter Schwartz; Glen N. Gaulton "Addressing the Needs of Basic and Clinical Research: Analysis of Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania MD-PhD Program" JAMA 1999 281: 96-99 Journal of the American Medical Association
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Jan. 1999 Rosenberg L. "Physician-scientists: endangered and essential" Science. 1999; 283:331–2. Science
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Dec. 1998 Culliton BJ, D’Auria J. "The physician-scientist really is an endangered species" J Investig Med. 1998;46:417–9. Journal of Investigative Medicine
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Jun. 1997

Goldstein, Joseph L., Brown, Michael S. "The Clinical Investigator: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered ---But Still Beloved" J. Clin. Invest. 1997 99: 2803-2812.

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Jun. 1997 Abelmann WH, Nave BD, Wilkerson L. "Generation of physician-scientists manpower: a follow-up study of the first 294 graduates of the Harvard-MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology" J Investig Med 1997;45:272–5. Journal of Investigative Medicine
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May 1996 Sutton, J., Killian, C.D. "The MD-PhD researcher: what species of investigator?" [published erratum appears in Acad Med 1996 Oct;71(10):1063] Acad Med 1996 71: 454-459

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May 1996 Bradford, W.D., Anthony, D., Chu, C.T., Pizzo, S.V. "Career characteristics of graduates of a Medical Scientist Training Program, 1970-1990" Acad Med 1996 71: 484-487

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Dec. 1995 Lee JS. "MD–PhD students in the 1990s: finding a niche for the dual degree" JAMA 1995; 274:1736 –7. Journal of the American Medical Assocation
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May 1995 Nabel GJ. "The MD PhD physician scientist: endangered species or the next generation?" Mol Med. 1995;1:369 –70. Molecular Medicine [PubMed]
Jan. 1992 McClellan, DA., Talalay, P. "M.D.-Ph.D. training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1962-1991" Acad Med 1992 67: 36-41

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Mar. 1991 Frieden C, Fox BJ. "Career choices of graduates from Washington University’s Medical Scientist Training Program" Acad Med 1991;
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Dec. 1979 Wyngaarden JB. "The clinical investigator as an endangered species" N Engl J Med. 1979; 301:1254 –9. The New England Journal of Medicine
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