Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
Clin Med (Lond). 2012 Dec;12(6):526-9. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-6-526.
Traditionally, clinician scientists in the UK have been trained by a sequence of medical school, junior hospital posts, MRCP and research leading to a PhD. Thereafter they undertake a mixture of more senior middle-grade jobs leading to senior or lecturer consultant posts and beyond. Experience in the USA has shown how it is possible for young doctors to complete a PhD successfully while still at medical school, giving the graduate a combined MBBS and PhD qualification earlier in their career. UCL instituted such an 'MBPhD' scheme 18 years ago. The first graduates are now attaining chairs. Here, we review the experience of such a course in the UK context.
传统上,英国的临床科学家是通过一系列的医学院、初级医院职位、MRCP 和研究来培训的,最终获得博士学位。此后,他们从事一系列更高级的中级工作,晋升为高级或讲师顾问职位及以上。美国的经验表明,年轻医生在医学院期间完成博士学位是完全可行的,这使研究生在职业生涯早期就获得了医学学士和博士的双重资格。18 年前,UCL 就推出了这样一个“MBPhD”计划。第一批毕业生现在已经担任教授了。在这里,我们回顾一下在英国背景下这样一门课程的经验。