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Addressing the Needs of Basic and Clinical Research: Analysis of Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania MD-PhD Program
Peter Schwartz;
Glen N. Gaulton, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
JAMA. 1999;281:96-99.
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In the mid-1960s, leadership within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), private foundations, and academic institutions recognized that the explosion of information in the biomedical sciences created opportunities for translational research on human disease. Their efforts resulted in the creation of training programs to produce joint MD-PhD physician-scientists who would bring the insights of clinical practice into their research and vice-versa. Thirty-three years later, empirical analysis is needed to evaluate the impact of these programs in academic medicine.
The MD-PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), which was initiated in 1969 and has 255 total graduates, provides a locus for such a study. Penn's MD-PhD program has 167 current trainees and offers joint degrees in 19 separate programs including 8 in traditional biological sciences as well as 11 other programs, such as philosophy, demography, health care policy, and law. Similar analyses of MD-PhD . . . [Full Text of this Article] METHODS
Residency Choices Current Positions Research Activity Career Progression
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