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The Bachelor of Medical Science research degree as a start for clinician‐scientists
Author(s) -
EATON D. G.,
THONG Y. H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1985.tb01352.x
Subject(s) - bachelor , medical education , medical school , bachelor degree , medicine , medical science , psychology , family medicine , political science , nursing , law
Summary. A retrospective case‐control study of Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc) graduates of the University of Queensland found that 20% were in full‐time academic or research positions compared with only 0.9% in controls ( P <0.001 ). A larger percentage graduated from the medical course with honours degrees compared with controls (47.8% vs 10.8%, P <0.001 ). At the time of the survey, a higher percentage held higher research degrees (17.3% vs 3.0%) or were working towards such degrees (12.0% vs 0%). As a group they had published more articles in refereed scientific journals and more books or chapters in books ( P < 0.001 ). The majority of BMedSc graduates (75%) stated that the programme was ‘a worthwhile endeavour’ and 73.8% said they would do the degree again if given the time over as a medical student. These results indicate that the BMedSc programme, if properly promoted, can be a valuable means of reversing the decline in clinician‐scientist manpower.