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To the Editor: There have been questions about the efficacy of Medical Scientist Training Programs (MSTPs) in training the next generation of physician-scientists.^1-2 Although studies have identified postgraduate specialty choices of a subset of these students,^3-4 to our knowledge none have generated data based on a complete evaluation of graduates from all MSTPs. To better understand postgraduate choices of all National Institutes of Health (NIH)–sponsored MSTP graduates, we conducted a census of graduates from 2004 to 2008.

Methods

Graduate placement data from NIH-sponsored MSTPs were collected from official program Web sites for 2004 to 2008. Preliminary match data were not collected if the graduate matched into a postgraduate year 2 residency program. If no such Web site was available, directors of MSTPs were surveyed for postgraduate choices of graduates from their program. Identifying information was removed from data, which were then analyzed for frequency of specialty choice. Number of US seniors . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Jason C. Paik, BA
Department of Cell Biology
paik@uab.edu

George Howard, DrPH
Department of Biostatistics

Robin G. Lorenz, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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