Wu Jashin J, Davis Kristy F, Ramirez Claudia C, Alonso Carol A, Berman Brian, Tyring Stephen K
Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Dermatol Online J. 2008 Jan 15;14(1):27.
There are fewer dermatologists entering and being retained in academics. We investigated the hypothesis that MD/PhDs are more likely than MDs to enter a career in academic dermatology. This retrospective study of university dermatology departments and divisions studied MDs, DOs, and MD/PhDs who completed a dermatology program in the U.S. and were serving as full-time dermatology faculty members at a US dermatology program as of December 2004. The main outcome measures were percentage of MD/PhDs who chose a career in academics compared to the percentage of MDs who chose a career in academics; MDs, DOs, MD/PhDs and serving as full-time faculty members and the number serving as chair or chief of dermatology. The total number of MD/PhDs and percentage of MD/PhDs as full-time faculty in 107 U.S. dermatology programs were determined. As of December 2004, there were 782 full-time faculty MDs who completed a residency in the US, with 72 (9.2%) MD/PhDs who completed a US dermatology residency program. MD/PhDs were 1.63 times (p < or =0.001) more likely to go into academics compared to MDs. The programs with the highest number of MD/PhDs as full-time faculty and the programs with the highest percentage of MD/PhDs as full-time faculty were tabulated. Seven out of an eligible 101 dermatology chiefs/chairs were MD/PhDs. The assumption that 5.8 percent of dermatology residents who were MD/PhD during 2004-2007 could be extrapolated to the 35 year period of 1970-2004. MD/PhDs are an important source of physician-scientists in academic dermatology and were 1.63 times more likely compared to MDs to choose a career in academics and remain in academics.
进入并留在学术界的皮肤科医生越来越少。我们调查了这样一个假设：医学博士/哲学博士（MD/PhDs）比医学博士（MDs）更有可能投身学术皮肤科领域。这项针对大学皮肤科系和部门的回顾性研究，对在美国完成皮肤科项目并截至2004年12月在美国皮肤科项目中担任全职皮肤科教员的医学博士（MDs）、 osteopathic医学博士（DOs）和医学博士/哲学博士（MD/PhDs）进行了研究。主要观察指标包括选择学术职业的医学博士/哲学博士的百分比与选择学术职业的医学博士的百分比之比；医学博士、osteopathic医学博士、医学博士/哲学博士担任全职教员的情况以及担任皮肤科主任或负责人的人数。确定了107个美国皮肤科项目中医学博士/哲学博士的总数以及医学博士/哲学博士作为全职教员的百分比。截至2004年12月，有782名在美国完成住院医师培训的全职教员医学博士，其中72名（9.2%）是完成美国皮肤科住院医师培训项目的医学博士/哲学博士。与医学博士相比，医学博士/哲学博士进入学术界的可能性高出1.63倍（p≤0.001）。列出了医学博士/哲学博士作为全职教员人数最多的项目以及医学博士/哲学博士作为全职教员百分比最高的项目。在符合条件的101名皮肤科主任/负责人中，有7名是医学博士/哲学博士。关于2004年至2007年期间为医学博士/哲学博士的皮肤科住院医师中有5.8%这一数据可以外推至1970年至2004年这35年期间的假设。医学博士/哲学博士是学术皮肤科领域医师科学家的重要来源，与医学博士相比，他们选择学术职业并留在学术界的可能性高出1.63倍。
