Evaluation of postdoctoral physician-scientist training programs in obstetrics and gynecology

Article Abstract:

Continued financial support of post-doctoral grants for research in obstetrics and gynecology appears to be warranted. These training programs will also require the commitment of medical school and hospital department chairs. There have been 44 recipients of Reproductive Scientist Development Program grants. Ninety-five percent of these recipients are currently on medical school faculties. Seventy-five percent have secured funding for continued research. Fifteen are employed in an associate or full professor capacity at a medical school.

Finance, Physicians, Medical professions, Graduate students

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Is the academic physician-scientist an oxymoron in contemporary obstetrics and gynecology?

Article Abstract:

Talented graduates interested in scientific obstetric and gynecologic careers need to be recruited and funded in order to continue the recent strides made in this field. An initial investment in these scientists can later prove beneficial both financially and scientifically. Established physician-scientists in two national research programs generate more than 70% of their own funding through grants. Preoccupation with concerns over short-term finances could result in a return to mediocre science in obstetrics and gynecology.

Medical scientists

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Reproductive physician-scientists for the twenty-first century

Article Abstract:

Three programs to train gynecologists and obstetricians to be research scientists are discussed. They are the Reproductive Scientist Development Program, the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society/American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation Fellowship Program and the Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Centers.

Study and teaching, Medical research

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