The physician-scientist career pipeline in 2005: build it, and they will come
TJ Ley, LE Rosenberg - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextPhysician-scientists play a unique and critical role in medical research. Nonetheless,
a number of trends followed during the 1980s and 1990s revealed that this career pathway
was in serious jeopardy. Physician-scientists were declining in number and were getting
older. A variety of factors were thought to contribute to this problem, including increasing
indebtedness of medical school graduates caused by rapidly rising medical school tuition
costs. ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of recently initiated programs from the National …
a number of trends followed during the 1980s and 1990s revealed that this career pathway
was in serious jeopardy. Physician-scientists were declining in number and were getting
older. A variety of factors were thought to contribute to this problem, including increasing
indebtedness of medical school graduates caused by rapidly rising medical school tuition
costs. ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of recently initiated programs from the National …