Abelmann W H, Nave B D, Wilkerson L
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
J Investig Med. 1997 Jun;45(5):272-5.
The MD program of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology was founded in 1970. One of its goals was the application of the academic resources of the two universities to the education of leaders in academic medicine and biomedical sciences.
The first MD class was admitted in 1971. Prerequisites for admission are a strong background in quantitative sciences and demonstrated interest in research. Research and a thesis are obligatory. Enrollment in a PhD program is elective. Questionnaires were sent to 293 alumni who graduated from the MD program between 1975 and 1988, followed up by letters and telephone calls.
By 1988, 296 students had graduated, 207 with an MD only, 89 with MD-PhD degrees. Follow-up by questionnaires of 293 living graduates (92%), plus indirect data on 11 others, revealed that 212 (75%) held faculty appointments in 64 medical schools. Overall, 73.5% of respondents were engaged in research: 68% of MDs and 86% of MD-PhDs. One hundred and four (38%) respondents spent more than 50% of their time on research: 54 (29%) of MDs and 50 (60%) of MD-PhDs. Seventy-five percent of respondents were active in teaching.
Our experience indicates that both an MD-PhD program and a research-oriented MD program are effective in producing physician-scientists and leaders in academic medicine.
哈佛-麻省理工健康科学与技术分部的医学博士项目成立于1970年。其目标之一是将两所大学的学术资源应用于学术医学和生物医学科学领域领导者的培养。
1971年录取了首届医学博士班级。入学前提是在定量科学方面有坚实背景且对研究有明确兴趣。研究和论文是必修课。可选择攻读博士学位项目。向1975年至1988年间从该医学博士项目毕业的293名校友发放了问卷，并通过信件和电话进行跟进。
到1988年，296名学生毕业，207人仅获得医学博士学位，89人获得医学博士-哲学博士双学位。对293名在世毕业生（92%）进行问卷调查，并加上另外11人的间接数据，结果显示212人（75%）在64所医学院担任教职。总体而言，73.5%的受访者从事研究工作：医学博士中有68%，医学博士-哲学博士中有86%。104人（38%）的受访者将超过50%的时间用于研究：医学博士中有54人（29%），医学博士-哲学博士中有50人（60%）。75%的受访者积极参与教学。
我们的经验表明，医学博士-哲学博士项目和以研究为导向的医学博士项目在培养医师科学家和学术医学领域的领导者方面都是有效的。
