Making the match and breaking it: values, perceptions, and obstacles of trainees applying into physician-scientist training programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Replenishing the physician-scientist workforce constitutes a central mission of medical education, but the loss of qualified trainees to non-academic positions remains an ongoing threat. Among the barriers facing physician-scientists today is the game-like model of U.S. medical residency matching through the National Research Matching Program (NRPM), which applies several assumptions regarding the comparability of applicant qualifications, cohort size, and the institutional breadth of applicants' training needs.

Methods

The current report therefore summarizes the survey-based views and experiences of physician-scientist trainees obtained following the 2021-2022 application cycle for research-oriented residency programs, or physician-scientist training programs (PS

SUBMITTER: Pepin ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10571326 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature