Measuring Success for Pre-Doctoral Trainees: An Initial Glimpse

In their 2014 report, the Advisory Committee to the Director recommended that NIH sustain support for training of dual-degree (M.D./Ph.D.) physician scientists. As part of our ongoing efforts, we wanted to assess the success of those trainees over time. In this analysis, we focused on the course of 33,067 predoctoral trainees, including M.D./Ph.D. (or equivalent) who were enrolled in NIH-funded institutional training programs and voluntarily reported their age, gender, race and ethnicity. (There are 11,506 predoctoral trainees who did not report complete demographic data). The cohort consisted of trainees affiliated with either the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences ) (n=3,265) or other T32 pre-doctoral training programs (n=29,802) who began their training programs (i.e. matriculation year) between 1975 and 1998. The Table shows characteristics of the trainees and programs according to the type of program (categorical variables are shown as number (%) while continuous variables are shown as 25th percentile/median/75th percentile).  MSTP trainees were younger and more likely to be Asian; their programs were younger and more likely to be based at private, well-funded institutions. Variable Category MSTP Trainees (N=3,265) Other T32 Trainees (N=29,802) Year of Matriculation 1982/1989/1994 1983/1990/1994 Years of Follow-up to Award Since Matriculation (including those who never received an award) 19...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Tags: blog Open Mike Medical Scientist Training Program MSTP physician-scientist workforce Source Type: funding