Background: Medical education affects learner well-being. We explored the breadth and
depth of interventions to improve the well-being of medical learners in Canada. Methods …

Physician–scientists are individuals who actively participate in patient care, have undergone
additional research training, and devote the majority of their time to research. Physician …

Clinician scientists (CS) are physicians who are well trained in clinical and biomedical
research and are uniquely placed to bridge the gap between clinical care and research …

Perhaps the most dramatic finding in the 2014 National Institutes of Health Physician-
Scientist Workforce Working Group Report is the aging of the physician-scientist workforce …

Purpose Integrated MD/PhD programs are relatively new in Canada and represent a
platform to train the next generation of clinician-scientists. However, MD/PhD programs vary …

Background MD-PhD programs confer degrees that empower medical doctors with in-depth
scientific skills to contribute to biomedical research and academic medicine, alongside …

Purpose: Despite the impact of physician-scientists on scientific discovery and translational
medicine, several reports have signalled their declining workforce, reduced funding, and …

Purpose Canadian clinician-scientist trainees enrolled in dual degree programs often
pursue an extended training route following completion of MD and MSc or PhD degrees …

Although MD/PhD programs require considerable commitment on behalf of students and
learning institutions, they serve as an integral means of training future physician-scientists; …

Background: Physician-scientists are integral to medical research, with medical programs
throughout Canada invested in training hybrid physician-scientists. Few data exist as to …