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- Table 1: Institution and graduation year of respondents, nonrespondents and graduates not contacted
School/graduation year No. (%) of graduates Responded
n =139Did not respond
n = 42Not contacted
n = 5School McGill University 29 (72.5) 8 (20.0) 3 (7.5) McMaster University 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) Université de Sherbrooke 1 (100.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) University of Alberta 13 (50.0) 12 (46.2) 1 (3.8) University of British Columbia 23 (95.8) 1 (4.2) 0 (0) University of Manitoba 3 (100.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) University of Toronto 54 (74.0) 18 (24.6) 1 (1.4) Western University 13 (86.7) 2 (13.3) 0 (0) Graduation year 1990-1994 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 1995-1999 14 (73.7) 5 (26.3) 0 (0) 2000-2004 16 (59.2) 10 (37.0) 1 (3.7) 2005-2009 38 (77.6) 8 (16.3) 3 (6.1) 2010-2015 68 (78.2) 18 (20.7) 1 (1.1) Specialty No. (%) of respondents
n = 132*Internal medicine 31 (23.5) Pediatrics 10 (7.8) Anatomic pathology 9 (6.8) Diagnostic radiology 9 (6.8) Neurology 8 (6.1) Anesthesiology 7 (5.3) Dermatology 6 (4.5) Neurosurgery 6 (4.5) Ophthalmology 6 (4.5) Psychiatry 6 (4.5) General surgery 4 (3.0) Obstetrics and gynecology 4 (3.0) Hematological pathology 3 (2.3) Radiation oncology 3 (2.3) Emergency medicine 2 (1.5) Medical genetics 2 (1.5) Medical microbiology 2 (1.5) Neuropathology 2 (1.5) Otolaryngology - head and neck surgery 2 (1.5) Plastic surgery 2 (1.5) Other 8 (6.1) *Seven respondents did not provide information about specialty.
- Table 3: Responses to survey items evaluating respondents' satisfaction with their training
Survey item Response; no. (%) of respondents
n = 139*Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of my medical education 1 (0.7) 1 (0.7) 7 (5.1) 53 (38.4) 76 (55.1) Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of my clinician-scientist training 1 (0.7) 3 (2.2) 17 (12.5) 54 (39.7) 61 (44.9) If I could revisit my choice, I would choose to attend medical school again 3 (2.2) 0 (0) 10 (7.2) 39 (28.3) 86 (62.3) If I could revisit my choice, I would choose to attend a PhD or combined PhD program again 6 (4.4) 8 (5.9) 16 (11.8) 47 (34.6) 59 (43.4) If I could revisit my choice, I would choose to attend an MD/PhD program again 9 (6.6) 6 (4.4) 22 (16.1) 43 (31.4) 57 (41.6) I am engaged in translational research 29 (21.5) 9 (6.7) 19 (14.1) 32 (23.7) 46 (34.1) I am engaged in clinical research 17 (12.6) 14 (10.4) 20 (14.8) 48 (35.6) 36 (26.7) I am engaged in basic science research 44 (32.6) 23 (17.0) 17 (12.6) 18 (13.3) 33 (24.4) I am engaged in health services research 80 (59.7) 10 (7.5) 21 (15.7) 17 (12.7) 6 (4.5) I will be substantially involved in research in the future 8 (5.8) 7 (5.1) 24 (17.4) 38 (27.5) 61 (44.2) The combined MD/PhD degree has helped my career 1 (0.7) 7 (5.1) 13 (9.4) 40 (29.0) 77 (55.8) I am satisfied with my work-life balance 4 (3.0) 23 (17.0) 39 (28.9) 56 (41.5) 13 (9.6) I believe that Canada should train more clinician-scientists 3 (2.2) 5 (3.6) 14 (10.1) 40 (29.0) 76 (55.1) I believe the CIHR should fund Canadian MD/PhD programs 3 (2.2) 4 (2.9) 11 (8.0) 21 (15.2) 99 (71.7) Note: CIHR = Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
*Responses may not sum to the number indicated in the columns when a response to the relevant question was not required to complete the survey.
- Table 4: Outcomes related to research activity for respondents still completing training, respondents who had completed all training and the subset of respondents in the latter group appointed in academic institutions
Outcome No. (%) of respondents* In training
n = 68Completed all training
n = 70Academics
n = 58Title at current appointment Resident 54 (79.4) 0 (0) 0 (0) Clinical fellow/research fellow 14 (20.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) Instructor/adjunct professor 0 (0) 7 (10.0) 4 (6.9) Assistant professor/staff scientist 0 (0) 38 (54.3) 35 (60.3) Associate professor/senior scientist 0 (0) 14 (20.0) 12 (20.7) Professor/section chief 0 (0) 7 (10.0) 6 (10.3) Clinician 0 (0) 4 (5.7) 1 (1.7) Protected research time at current appointment 33 (48.5) 44 (62.8) 42 (72.4) Time dedicated to research at current appointment, % 0 12 (18.2) 10 (14.5) 5 (8.8) 10 33 (50.0) 13 (18.8) 8 (14.0) 20 11 (16.7) 10 (14.5) 9 (15.8) 30 3 (4.5) 6 (8.7) 6 (10.5) 40 0 (0) 5 (7.2) 4 (7.0) 50 0 (0) 5 (7.2) 5 (8.8) 60 1 (1.5) 6 (8.7) 6 (10.5) 70 3 (4.5) 10 (14.5) 10 (17.5) 80 1 (1.5) 4 (5.8) 4 (7.0) 90 2 (3.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) I will be substantially involved in research in the future Strongly disagree 3 (4.4) 5 (7.1) 3 (5.2) Disagree 2 (2.9) 5 (7.1) 2 (3.4) Neutral 12 (17.6) 12 (17.1) 8 (13.8) Agree 21 (30.9) 17 (24.3) 15 (25.9) Strongly agree 30 (44.1) 31 (44.3) 30 (51.7) Recent coauthored peer-reviewed manuscript No 6 (9.0) 5 (7.1) 2 (3.4) Yes, within last 12 mo 45 (67.2) 54 (77.1) 50 (86.2) Yes, within last 36 mo 16 (23.9) 11 (15.7) 6 (10.3) Principal investigator on recent funded project No NA 33 (47.1) 22 (37.9) Yes, within last 12 mo NA 31 (44.3) 30 (51.7) Yes, within last 36 mo NA 6 (8.6) 6 (10.3) Funding since completing clinician-scientist training CIHR NA 22 (31.4) 22 (37.9) NSERC NA 7 (10.0) 7 (12.1) Other federal granting agency NA 13 (18.6) 11 (19.0) National/international charitable foundation NA 25 (35.7) 25 (43.1) Private/extramural NA 27 (38.6) 25 (43.1) Intramural NA 3 (4.3) 3 (5.2) Other NA 7 (10.0) 6 (10.3) None NA 41 (58.6) 25 (43.1) Note: CIHR = Canadian Institutes of Health Research, NA = not applicable, NSERC = Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
*Responses may not sum to the number indicated in the columns when a response to the relevant question was not required to complete the survey.
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