By suppressing its MD-PhD fellowship programme, the Swiss National Science Foundation reduces the attractiveness of the physician-scientist career path

Arnaud Lyon; Raphaël Porret; Timothée Ferrari

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By suppressing its MD-PhD fellowship programme, the Swiss National Science Foundation reduces the attractiveness of the physician-scientist career path

Arnaud Lyon⁺⁻
Raphaël Porret⁺⁻
Timothée Ferrari

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3605
Published: 04.07.2024

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Brass LF, Akabas MH. The national MD-PhD program outcomes study: relationships between medical specialty, training duration, research effort, and career paths. JCI Insight. 2019 Oct;4(19):e133009. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.133009
Akabas MH, Irena T, Brass LF. The national MD-PhD program outcomes study. American Association of Medical Colleges Reports. [Available from: https://www.aamc.org/download/489886/data/nationalmd-phdprogramoutcomesstudy.pdf
Kuehnle K, Winkler DT, Meier-Abt PJ. Swiss national MD-PhD-program: an outcome analysis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Sep;139(37-38):540–6. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2009.12790
Tapernoux M, Vermij S, Metzger G, Zeilhofer HU. The Swiss National MD-PhD Grants Programme: an analysis of the career trajectories of grant recipients between 1992 and 2021. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3615.https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3615
Swiss National Science Foundation. Multi-YearProgramme 2025-2028 [Available from: https://www.snf.ch/media/en/uHnRwXS9FpfgQ58G/SNF-Mehrjahresprogramm_2025-2028_en.pdf

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By suppressing its MD-PhD fellowship programme, the Swiss National Science Foundation reduces the attractiveness of the physician-scientist career path. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 4 [cited 2025 Oct. 18];154(7):3605. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/3605

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3605

[1] Flexner A. Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. [Selections] Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; 1910.10.1126/science.32.810.41

[2] Williams G, Henning M. Western Reserve’s experiment in medical education and its outcome. USA: Oxford University Press; 1980.

[3] Brass LF, Akabas MH. The national MD-PhD program outcomes study: relationships between medical specialty, training duration, research effort, and career paths. JCI Insight. 2019 Oct;4(19):e133009. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.133009

[4] Akabas MH, Irena T, Brass LF. The national MD-PhD program outcomes study. American Association of Medical Colleges Reports. [Available from: https://www.aamc.org/download/489886/data/nationalmd-phdprogramoutcomesstudy.pdf

[5] Kuehnle K, Winkler DT, Meier-Abt PJ. Swiss national MD-PhD-program: an outcome analysis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Sep;139(37-38):540–6. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2009.12790

[6] Tapernoux M, Vermij S, Metzger G, Zeilhofer HU. The Swiss National MD-PhD Grants Programme: an analysis of the career trajectories of grant recipients between 1992 and 2021. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3615.https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3615

[7] Swiss National Science Foundation. Multi-YearProgramme 2025-2028 [Available from: https://www.snf.ch/media/en/uHnRwXS9FpfgQ58G/SNF-Mehrjahresprogramm_2025-2028_en.pdf