@article{af4b008ec5e5472aa89fb4f2e7ea282e,
title = "We Must Not Let Clinician-Scientists Become an Endangered Species",
author = "Sklar, {David P.}",
note = "Funding Information: One approach to developing the clinician–scientist workforce has been the MD–PhD programs, many of which have been funded by the NIH. These programs have traditionally provided two years of basic science medical school education followed by three, four, or five years of graduate research training and then two years of clinical training. In this issue Harding et al4 describe the history of MD–PhD training and the Medical Scientist Training Programs supported by the NIH. The MD–PhD programs in the United States graduate about 550 clinician–scientists annually. There is an attrition rate of 10%, and time to degree averages eight years. Harding et al note that women and underrepresented groups apply to MD–PhD programs at lower rates than they do to MD programs. While 95% of graduates of MD–PhD programs go on to complete residency training, Harding et al raise concerns about the increasing time for clinical training for those programs, which typically includes several years for fellowship after residency. The increasing complexity of research also requires additional training time.",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/ACM.0000000000001870",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "92",
pages = "1359--1361",
journal = "Academic Medicine",
issn = "1040-2446",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "10",
}