PATHOLOGYS ROLE IN RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF FUTURE PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS

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PATHOLOGYS ROLE IN RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF
FUTURE PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS

• JOSE QUINTANS, MD, PHD
• PROF. OF PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• DIRECTOR MSTP
• MASTER, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COLLEGIATE DIVISION

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DATA SOURCES

• University of Chicago/Pritzker School of
  Medicine
• HHMI Scholars Program
• Medical Scientist Training Program

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• PATH VS MEDICINE RESIDENCY CHOICES AT THE UC
  PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 2000 3.3 VS 41
• 2001 1.6 VS 31
• 2002 1.0 VS 35
• 2003 2.0 VS 41
• 2004 2.0 VS 26

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HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program
Courtesy of Dr. William R. Galey, Director
of Graduate and Medical Education HHMI
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MSTP DATA(42 PROGRAMS, 2000 APPLICANTS / 500
MATRICULANTS IN 03gt90MSTPS 1ST CHOICE
RESIDENCY)

• WASH UN 00-04 RESIDENCY CHOICES
• 1. MEDICINE
• 2. PEDS
• 3. OPTH
• 4. DERM
• 5. SURGERY
• 6. PSYCHY
• 7. NEURO
• 8. PATHOLOGY (0NLY 4 IN THE LAST 4 YEARS)

• RESIDENCY CHOICES
• CORNELL/ROCKFELLER/SLOAN KETTERING 1991-04
• - 20 PATH VS 40 MEDICINE
• HARVARD 1974-04
• - 9 PATH VS 40 MEDICINE
• U PENN
• - 7/20 OF 04 CLASS GOING INTO PATH!!!!

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JULY 2004 MD/PHD DIRECTORS MEETING AT
KEYSTONE SELECTIONS OF RELEVANT SPEAKERS
STATEMENTS CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS BEREFT OF
CREATIVITY MD/PHDS SHOULD NOT GO INTO CLINICAL
TREADMILL PAUCITY OF ACADEMIC CHAIRS
INTERESTED IN ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS MSTPS ARE
TOO OLD BY THE TIME THEY JOIN FACULTY (gt37Y)
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS ARE OBSTACLES TO TIMELY
PROGRESSION IMPORTANCE OF DYNAMIC/FLEXIBLE
LEADERSHIP RELEVANCE OF IMPRESSIONISTIC
CHOICES BY STUDENTS
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CONCLUDING REMARKS

• FUTURE PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS ARE YOUNG AND
  IMPRESSIONABLE, PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
  INSPIRING ROLE MODELS
• EARLY INTERVENTION IS ESSENTIAL, PREFERABLY
  PRIOR TO MED SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
• ATTENTION TO MED SCHOOL ADMISSIONS BIASES SHOULD
  BE A PRIORITY
• PATH CHAIRS ARE IN AN ENVIABLE POSTION TO PROMOTE
  EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST
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• NIH ROADMAP EMPAHSIS ON DISEASE-ORIENTED
  RESEARCHA PLUS FOR PATHOLOGY
• PATHOLOGY CHAIRS SHOULD BE NICE TO MD/PHD PROGRAM
  DIRECTORS