Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave South, Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232.
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave South, Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232.
Acad Radiol. 2018 Jun;25(6):733-738. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.01.029. Epub 2018 Mar 9.
The percentage of clinical scientists in radiology has historically been low. Increasing the pipeline of trainees interested in research could occur by recruiting MD-PhD trainees and providing protected research time during residency. The purpose of this work is to assess the attitudes of radiology program directors toward MD-PhD trainees, resident research productivity, and dedicated research time.
An online survey was sent to residency program directors of all diagnostic radiology departments that received National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards in 2014 (n = 63). Survey questions included program size; perception of overall performance, clinical performance, and research productivity of MD-PhD residents compared to non-PhD residents; and presence of dedicated research time. Responses comparing MD-PhD residents to non-PhD residents were reported as a five-point Likert scale. Student t test was used to assess for significance (alpha = 0.05).
Response rate was 37%. Clinical performance of MD-PhD residents was judged inferior (P < .05) to non-PhD residents, although that of all residents engaged in research trended toward superiority compared to those not involved in research. Dedicated research time is offered by 61% of programs in years R1-R3 and all programs in year R4. Research productivity during residency was judged to be similar (P = .5) between MD-PhD and non-PhD residents.
Survey results suggest that clinical performance during residency and research involvement is often individually based and difficult to generalize based on prior PhD training. All programs offered dedicated research time, and the vast majority of residents were reported to engage in research during residency, which may increase the pipeline of trainees interested in an academic career.
放射科的临床科学家人数历来较少。通过招收医学博士（MD-PhD）学员并在住院医师期间提供受保护的研究时间，可能会增加对研究感兴趣的受训者人数。本研究旨在评估放射科项目主任对 MD-PhD 学员、住院医师研究成果和专用研究时间的态度。
向所有在 2014 年获得美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）资助的诊断放射学系的住院医师项目主任发送了一份在线调查。调查问题包括项目规模；与非 PhD 住院医师相比，对 MD-PhD 住院医师的总体表现、临床表现和研究成果的看法；以及专用研究时间的存在。比较 MD-PhD 住院医师和非 PhD 住院医师的回答以五点李克特量表报告。使用学生 t 检验评估显著性（alpha=0.05）。
回复率为 37%。MD-PhD 住院医师的临床表现被认为较差（P<0.05），而非 PhD 住院医师，尽管所有从事研究的住院医师的表现都倾向于优于不参与研究的住院医师。61%的项目在 R1-R3 年提供专用研究时间，所有项目在 R4 年提供专用研究时间。住院医师期间的研究成果被认为在 MD-PhD 和非 PhD 住院医师之间相似（P=0.5）。
调查结果表明，住院期间的临床表现和研究参与情况通常是基于个人情况，并且难以根据之前的博士培训进行概括。所有项目都提供专用研究时间，大多数住院医师在住院期间都参与研究，这可能会增加对学术职业感兴趣的受训者人数。
