Open AccessSpring 2021: Clinician Investigator Trainee Association Of Canada (CITAC)
Author(s) -
Melissa Phuong,
Valera Castanov,
Sophie Hu,
Danny Jomaa,
Wenxuan Wang,
Heather Whittaker,
Adam Pietrobon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and investigative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1488-2353
pISSN - 0147-958X
DOI - 10.25011/cim.v44i1.36102
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , association (psychology) , medical education , psychology , psychotherapist
The Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CI) trainees across the country around the common goal of improving training conditions for those pursuing a career at the junction of research and medicine. Since then, the CI training landscape has shifted dramatically. The number of Canadian CI trainees enrolled totaling 289 MD-PhD trainees and 389 Clinical Investigator Program (CIP) trainees as of 2019 [1]. Alumni outcome data have presented conclusive evidence that MD-PhD training programs are effective in producing CI careers [2–4].