Abstract
The shortage of physician-scientists in physical medicine and rehabilitation remains a critical problem. The Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program was developed in 1995 to provide structured career development training for aspiring rehabilitation medicine researchers. Initially funded by a 5-yr K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, the structure was revised in 2001, continued in a stable format through three additional funding cycles (2001-2006, 2006-2012, and 2012-2016), and was again revised to a research education program (National Institutes of Health R25) model in 2019. With this change in format of the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program, we now report the productivity of funded trainees and discuss future directions informed by the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program's current R25 structure.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 900-905 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Major funding as principal investigator, and therefore scientific independence, was defined as receiving an NIH R01, VA Merit Review, Department of Defense, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant. Overall, 57% of the graduates achieved major funding as principal investigator. The percentage of funded graduates is greater in the two earlier cohorts compared with the two cohorts graduating most recently (Table 1). Importantly, four of the top 10 NIH-funded rehabilitation programs are chaired by K12RMSTP graduates (Pitt, Case Western, University of Minnesota, and Johns Hopkins).
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The goal of the preapplication phase was to foster the most and highest-quality applications for the funded portion of the K12RMSTP. Since the grooming provided within the preapplication pathway is relevant to any mechanism of career development support, the RMSTP philosophy has been to provide this guidance to as many preapplicants as is reasonable to accommodate (knowing that a few will be funded by the K12RMSTP, a few will recognize that this is not the career model for them, and others will seek other forms of career development support). Increased demand, as well as supplemental funding from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, led the preapplicant pool to grow from 6–9 per year in earlier funding cycles to 11–17 per year in the most recent cycle. Preapplicants typically spend anywhere from a year to several years in the preapplicant phase depending on how early they applied, whether they undertook a clinical subspecialty fellowship before applying for K12RMSTP funding, and their previous background (e.g., PhD). Participation in the program as a preapplicant entailed attendance at the annual RCD Workshop, quarterly mentoring phone calls with one of the program directors, and development of the phase 1 application. The
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The authors received support from The National Institutes of Health (5R25HD098048, MLB principal investigator).
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Abstract: The shortage of physician-scientists in physical medicine and rehabilitation remains a critical problem. The Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program was developed in 1995 to provide structured career development training for aspiring rehabilitation medicine researchers. Initially funded by a 5-yr K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, the structure was revised in 2001, continued in a stable format through three additional funding cycles (2001–2006, 2006–2012, and 2012–2016), and was again revised to a research education program (National Institutes of Health R25) model in 2019. With this change in format of the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program, we now report the productivity of funded trainees and discuss future directions informed by the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program’s current R25 structure.
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Keywords
- Education
- Funding
- NCMRR
- NIH
- Rehabilitation
- Research