Abstract
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) first convened a workshop in 2015 that brought a small group of internal medicine program directors together who recognized the growing success of early-phase physician-scientist training programs but the unclear path afterward for these trainees. The meeting subsequently evolved into what is now the annual American Society for Clinical Investigation/AAIM/Burroughs Wellcome Fund (ASCI/AAIM/BWF) Physician-Scientist Pathways Workshop, which continues to bring stakeholders together to discuss the obstacles to success that physician-scientists face at all stages of their careers. This perspective presents the history and goals of the workshop, with an emphasis on the most recent meeting in 2024, and looks ahead to the work that still needs to be done to ensure a robust physician-scientist workforce.
Authors
Kyu Y. Rhee, Charles W. Emala, Emily Jane Gallagher, Don C. Rockey, Patrick J. Hu, Jatin M. Vyas, Daniel P. Cook, Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, Olujimi A. Ajijola, ASCI Research Pathways Working Group, Christopher S. Williams
Figure 1
Attendee demographic data from the 2024 Research Pathway Directors Workshop.
