M.D.-Ph.D. Program Graduates' Research Engagement

• In Event: Learning Processes and Professional Development in Professions Education: Considering Identity, Research, and Environments

Abstract

Purpose: We examined predictors of MD-PhD program graduates’ research engagement at ≥5 years after graduation.
Methods: We created a database of individually linked, de-identified records of data about MD-PhD graduates and used logistic regression to identify independent predictors of research engagement.
Results: Of 3,297 MD-PhD graduates, 78% (2,572) reported research engagement. Graduates in neurology and pathology (each vs. internal medicine [IM]) were more likely (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.53, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.63-3.94 and 1.91,1.35-2.72, respectively), whereas graduates who reported other/undecided (vs. research-related) career intentions at graduation (0.32, 0.23-0.45), women (vs. men; 0.79, 0.65-0.96) and graduates in dermatology (vs. IM; 0.34, 0.23-0.51) were less likely, to report research engagement.
Conclusion: MD-PhD graduates’ career intentions at graduation predicted early-to-mid-career research engagement.

Authors

• Dorothy Andriole, Association of American Medical Colleges

• Douglas Grbic, Association of American Medical Colleges

• Ross McKinney, Association of American Medical Colleges

• Jodi Yellin, Association of American Medical Colleges