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Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy

OBJECTIVE: This study surveyed all UK medical schools regarding their Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (MB/PhD) training policy in order to map the current training landscape and to provide evidence for further research and policy development. SETTING: Deans of all UK medical sc...

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Autores principales: Barnett-Vanes, Ashton, Ho, Guiyi, Cox, Timothy M
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26719322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009852
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description OBJECTIVE: This study surveyed all UK medical schools regarding their Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (MB/PhD) training policy in order to map the current training landscape and to provide evidence for further research and policy development. SETTING: Deans of all UK medical schools registered with the Medical Schools Council were invited to participate in this survey electronically. PRIMARY: The number of medical schools that operate institutional MB/PhD programmes or permit self-directed student PhD intercalation. SECONDARY: Medical school recruitment procedures and attitudes to policy guidance. FINDINGS: 27 of 33 (81%) registered UK medical schools responded. Four (14%) offer an institutional MB/PhD programme. However, of those without institutional programmes, 17 (73%) permit study interruption and PhD intercalation: two do not (one of whom had discontinued their programme in 2013), three were unsure and one failed to answer the question. Regarding student eligibility, respondents cited high academic achievement in medical studies and a bachelor's or master's degree. Of the Medical schools without institutional MB/PhD programmes, 5 (21%) have intentions to establish a programme, 8 (34%) do not and 3 were unsure, seven did not answer. 19 medical schools (70%) considered national guidelines are needed for future MB/PhD programme development. CONCLUSIONS: We report the first national survey of MB/PhD training in the UK. Four medical schools have operational institutional MB/PhD programmes, with a further five intending to establish one. Most medical schools permit study interruption and PhD intercalation. The total number MB/PhD students yet to graduate from medical school could exceed 150, with 30 graduating per year. A majority of medical school respondents to this survey believe national guidelines are required for MB/PhD programme development and implementation. Further research should focus on the MB/PhD student experience. Discussion regarding local and national MB/PhD policies between medical schools and academic stakeholders are needed.
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spelling pubmed-47108332016-01-28 Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy Barnett-Vanes, Ashton Ho, Guiyi Cox, Timothy M BMJ Open Medical Education and Training OBJECTIVE: This study surveyed all UK medical schools regarding their Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (MB/PhD) training policy in order to map the current training landscape and to provide evidence for further research and policy development. SETTING: Deans of all UK medical schools registered with the Medical Schools Council were invited to participate in this survey electronically. PRIMARY: The number of medical schools that operate institutional MB/PhD programmes or permit self-directed student PhD intercalation. SECONDARY: Medical school recruitment procedures and attitudes to policy guidance. FINDINGS: 27 of 33 (81%) registered UK medical schools responded. Four (14%) offer an institutional MB/PhD programme. However, of those without institutional programmes, 17 (73%) permit study interruption and PhD intercalation: two do not (one of whom had discontinued their programme in 2013), three were unsure and one failed to answer the question. Regarding student eligibility, respondents cited high academic achievement in medical studies and a bachelor's or master's degree. Of the Medical schools without institutional MB/PhD programmes, 5 (21%) have intentions to establish a programme, 8 (34%) do not and 3 were unsure, seven did not answer. 19 medical schools (70%) considered national guidelines are needed for future MB/PhD programme development. CONCLUSIONS: We report the first national survey of MB/PhD training in the UK. Four medical schools have operational institutional MB/PhD programmes, with a further five intending to establish one. Most medical schools permit study interruption and PhD intercalation. The total number MB/PhD students yet to graduate from medical school could exceed 150, with 30 graduating per year. A majority of medical school respondents to this survey believe national guidelines are required for MB/PhD programme development and implementation. Further research should focus on the MB/PhD student experience. Discussion regarding local and national MB/PhD policies between medical schools and academic stakeholders are needed. BMJ Publishing Group 2015-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4710833/ /pubmed/26719322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009852 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
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title_full Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
title_fullStr Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
title_full_unstemmed Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
title_short Clinician-scientist MB/PhD training in the UK: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
title_sort clinician-scientist mb/phd training in the uk: a nationwide survey of medical school policy
topic Medical Education and Training
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26719322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009852
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