Purpose To improve awareness of diversity in MD–PhD program applicants, matriculants,
and graduates; facilitators and barriers to matriculation and/or completion among minoritized …

The clinician-scientist, or more commonly known as physician-scientist in North America,
covers a wide spectrum of roles, but is essentially an individual who holds a medical degree …

A longstanding challenge facing MD-PhD students and other dual-degree medical trainees
is the loss of clinical knowledge that occurs during the non-medical phases of training …

Increasingly, more universities are showing an interest in offering combined degrees (most
commonly research-based) with their medical degree. Intercalated degrees often require the …

Objective: In order to be allowed to use the title “Dr. med.” in Germany, an independent
scientific achievement under the supervision of an established scientist is necessary. The …

Background Several studies have warned about the diminishing physician-scientist breed.
Limited studies, however, have attempted to assess what factors (if any) enhanced or …

Purpose Neonatal sepsis is an important public health concern worldwide due to its
immediate lethality and long-term morbidity rates, Clinical evaluation and laboratory …

Although MD/PhD programs require considerable commitment on behalf of students and
learning institutions, they serve as an integral means of training future physician-scientists; …

The training of physician-scientists lies at the heart of future medical research. In this
commentary, we apply Narayanamurti and Odumosu's framework of the “discovery-invention …

Background As more plastic surgery clinicians pursue advanced degrees and strive to
become stronger physician-scientists, an objective understanding of how such degrees …