Romero Joan Miguel, Sorin Mark, Dankner Matthew, Whittaker Heather, Rose April, Trasler Jacquetta, Eisenberg Mark J
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada ; Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Clin Invest Med. 2023 Mar 26;46(1):E4-14. doi: 10.25011/cim.v46i1.39965.
Women have traditionally been underrepresented in MD and MD-PhD training programs. Here, we describe the changing demographics of an MD-PhD Program over three distinct time intervals.
We designed a 64-question survey and sent it to 47 graduates of the McGill University MD-PhD program in Montréal, Québec, Canada, since its inception in 1985. We also sent a 23-question survey to the 24 students of the program in 2021. The surveys included questions related to demographics, physician-scientist training, research metrics, as well as academic and personal considerations.
We collected responses from August 2020 to August 2021 and grouped them into three intervals based on respondent graduation year: 1995-2005 (n = 17), 2006-2020 (n = 23) and current students (n = 24). Total response rate was 90.1% (n = 64/71). We found that there are more women currently in the program compared to the 1995-2005 cohort (41.7% increase, p<0.01). In addition, women self-reported as physician-scientists less frequently than men and reported less protected research time.
Overall, recent MD-PhD alumni represent a more diverse population compared with their earlier counterparts. Identifying barriers to training remains an important step in ensuring MD-PhD trainees become successful physician-scientists.
传统上，医学博士（MD）和医学博士-哲学博士（MD-PhD）培训项目中的女性人数较少。在此，我们描述了一个MD-PhD项目在三个不同时间段内人口统计学特征的变化。
我们设计了一份包含64个问题的调查问卷，并将其发送给了加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔市麦吉尔大学MD-PhD项目自1985年设立以来的47名毕业生。我们还向该项目2021年的24名学生发送了一份包含23个问题的调查问卷。这些调查问题涉及人口统计学、医师科学家培训、研究指标以及学术和个人考量。
我们在2020年8月至2021年8月期间收集了回复，并根据受访者毕业年份将其分为三个时间段：1995 - 2005年（n = 17）、2006 - 202年（n = 23）和当前学生（n = 24）。总回复率为90.1%（n = 64/71）。我们发现，与1995 - 2005年的队列相比，该项目目前的女性人数更多（增加了41.7%，p<0.01）。此外，女性自我认定为医师科学家的频率低于男性，且报告的受保护研究时间较少。
总体而言，与早期校友相比，近期的MD-PhD校友群体更加多样化。识别培训障碍仍然是确保MD-PhD学员成为成功的医师科学家的重要一步。
