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A Short Hop across the Pond to the French MD-PhD Retreat - Scientific Journeys 2007

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Freddy Nguyen, President and Founder, American Physician Scientists Association

This year, the APSA has been fortunate enough to be invited to a number of MD-PhD and physicianscientist related conferences both in the US and abroad. These conferences have given us the opportunity not only to present APSA, the organization, but to also voice to others the most pressing issues facing physician-scientist trainees in the United States. Through these interactions, we hope to advocate for our training and to foster a national and international community amongst physician-scientist trainees. However, what these meetings have shown us is that there are certainly some very universal issues along with country-specific issues. These international opportunities are of interest to the APSA since it is estimated that 5-7% of the MD-PhDs trained in the US are international students and/or carry dual-citizenship. Just as an example, on our executive council of 11, two of us carry dual citizenship and an additional international student.