Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
Stanford Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
J Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 14;218(suppl_1):S40-S43. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy093.
Perhaps the most dramatic finding in the 2014 National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Working Group Report is the aging of the physician-scientist workforce. There are currently 1.6-fold more physician-scientists over the age of 61 than under the age of 50, indicating that our pipeline of physician-scientists is insufficient to maintain current numbers. Several factors likely contribute to this leaky pipeline, including the long training periods, poor compensation during training, diminished funding odds for young investigators, and lack of role models, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities. This perspective will present several ideas for how training programs can play a role in assuring a robust pipeline of future physician scientists.
或许，2014 年美国国立卫生研究院医师-科学家劳动力工作组报告中最引人注目的发现是医师-科学家队伍的老龄化。目前，61 岁以上的医师-科学家是 50 岁以下的 1.6 倍，这表明我们的医师-科学家队伍不足以维持现有人数。造成这种人才流失的原因有很多，包括培训周期长、培训期间薪酬低、年轻研究人员获得资金的机会减少以及缺乏榜样，特别是对女性和代表性不足的少数族裔而言。本文将提出一些关于培训计划如何在确保未来有充足的医师科学家方面发挥作用的想法。
