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Physician
Scientist Training Programs
These are usually programs that combine residency and research training. The
motivation to do research and the choice of a research topic is often
influenced by the clinical training. This type of program presents the
opportunity for clinical training to drive research training. You may be
able to apply elective time in your clinical component toward completing a
graduate degree. It is important, however, that you have adequate time for
high quality clinical training and that the research component provides a
solid experience with outcomes including first authored high quality papers.
The National Institutes of Health, and National Cancer Institute in
particular, have developed special grants for physician scientist training
programs. For more information, see
www.nih.gov. For information about
residency and fellowship training programs in Pathology and/or Laboratory
Medicine, see
www.pathologytraining.org.
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