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Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007.

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Todd, RF; Salata, RA; Klotman, ME; Weisfeldt, ML; Katz, JT; Xian, SX; Hearn, DP; Lipner, RS
Published in: Acad Med
November 2013

PURPOSE: In 1995, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) formalized an integrated residency curriculum including both clinical and research training (the Research Pathway), designed to develop careers of physician-scientists. Individuals who completed Pathway training between 1995 and 2007 were surveyed to determine the extent to which graduates established research-oriented careers. METHOD: In 2012, the authors used a Web-based, 56-question, multiple-choice electronic survey of 813 participants in Research Pathway programs who completed their residency training between the years of 1995 and 2007. Survey questions addressed source and type of funding, research productivity, and job title/content. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed. RESULTS: Forty-seven percent of solicited Pathway graduates participated in the survey. Ninety-seven percent of the respondents completed Pathway training. Ninety-one percent reported some research effort, with a group average of 58.6% of total professional effort spent in research. Seventy-two percent currently hold positions in academic medicine; 8.6% in the biomedical industry; and 2.1% in government medical service. Over 85% reported extramural research funding, with 81.4% receiving research support from federal sources. Among the variables positively correlated with the highest level of research engagement were previous graduate-level research training, any first-author publications arising from the Pathway research experience, and the receipt of extramural career development funding supporting the Pathway research. CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of a very high level of active research engagement reported by 385 ABIM Research Pathway graduates, this special research training track appears to be effectively meeting its goal of training biomedical scientists.

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Acad Med

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1938-808X

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

88

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1747 / 1753

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Research Support as Topic
  • Research Personnel
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Curriculum
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
 

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Todd, R. F., Salata, R. A., Klotman, M. E., Weisfeldt, M. L., Katz, J. T., Xian, S. X., … Lipner, R. S. (2013). Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007. Acad Med, 88(11), 1747–1753. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a7f627
Todd, Robert F., Robert A. Salata, Mary E. Klotman, Myron L. Weisfeldt, Joel T. Katz, Sherry X. Xian, Darren P. Hearn, and Rebecca S. Lipner. “Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007.Acad Med 88, no. 11 (November 2013): 1747–53. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a7f627.
Todd RF, Salata RA, Klotman ME, Weisfeldt ML, Katz JT, Xian SX, et al. Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007. Acad Med. 2013 Nov;88(11):1747–53.
Todd, Robert F., et al. “Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007.Acad Med, vol. 88, no. 11, Nov. 2013, pp. 1747–53. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a7f627.
Todd RF, Salata RA, Klotman ME, Weisfeldt ML, Katz JT, Xian SX, Hearn DP, Lipner RS. Career outcomes of the graduates of the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway, 1995-2007. Acad Med. 2013 Nov;88(11):1747–1753.

Published In

Acad Med

DOI

EISSN

1938-808X

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

88

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1747 / 1753

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Research Support as Topic
  • Research Personnel
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Curriculum
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy