Dowling Kevin F, Ghosh-Choudhary Shohini K, Carleton Neil, Prigg Kathleen, Steinman Richard A
Medical Scientist Training Program.
Department of Psychiatry, and.
JCI Insight. 2025 May 13;10(12). doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.191555. eCollection 2025 Jun 23.
High rates of physician-scientist attrition from the investigative workforce remain a significant problem despite the development of dedicated programs and initiatives designed to address the unique challenges faced by physician-scientists. However, many of these efforts are restricted to single career stages of physician-scientist training or to a single medical specialty, which may limit opportunities for beneficial vertical and horizontal mentorship regarding overcoming common career obstacles. Here, we outline the development of a physician-scientist symposium to break down silos and enable productive interactions between physician-scientists across career/training stages, academic and scientific disciplines, and medical specialties. Participants were (a) mixed in small-group problem-based discussions, (b) participated in a cross-specialty keynote panel on overcoming barriers in a physician-scientist career, and (c) took part in skill-building workshops. Attendees indicated that they fostered new connections, developed new skills to overcome career challenges, and increased their commitment to persevering in a career as a physician-scientist. Positive evaluations were not dependent on attendee career/training stage or gender. We suggest these elements of the symposium curriculum may be easily adapted for inclusion in a wide variety of physician-scientist training formats.
尽管已经制定了专门的计划和举措来应对医学科学家所面临的独特挑战，但医学科学家从研究队伍中的高流失率仍然是一个重大问题。然而，这些努力大多局限于医学科学家培训的单一职业阶段或单一医学专业，这可能会限制在克服常见职业障碍方面进行有益的纵向和横向指导的机会。在此，我们概述了一次医学科学家研讨会的开展情况，该研讨会旨在打破壁垒，促进处于不同职业/培训阶段、学术和科学学科以及医学专业的医学科学家之间进行富有成效的互动。参与者（a）以小组形式参与基于问题的讨论，（b）参加了一个关于克服医学科学家职业障碍的跨专业主题演讲小组，（c）参加了技能培养工作坊。与会者表示，他们建立了新的联系，培养了克服职业挑战的新技能，并增强了坚持从事医学科学家职业的决心。积极的评价并不取决于与会者的职业/培训阶段或性别。我们认为，研讨会课程的这些要素可以很容易地进行调整，以便纳入各种医学科学家培训形式。
