Training family physicians as researchers: Outcomes over 15 years for Canada’s first clinician scholar program

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Figure 1.
Box plot of peer-reviewed publication rate and research grant rate since CSP graduation: The thick bars indicate the median, the boxes indicate the IQRs, the whiskers indicate 1.5 times the IQR, and the points indicate outliers beyond 1.5 times the IQR.
CSP—clinician scholar program, IQR—interquartile range.
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Clustered column chart of graduates’ appointment status and productivity after completing the CSP
CSP—clinician scholar program.

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 40 graduates of the CSP at UBC from 2001 to 2015

CHARACTERISTIC	N (%)
Cohort^*
• Cohort 1 (2001–2005)	12 (30)
• Cohort 2 (2006–2011)	18 (45)
• Cohort 3 (2012–2015)	10 (25)
Sex
• Female	26 (65)
• Male	14 (35)
Years from medical school graduation to CSP entry, median (IQR)	12 (8 to 19)
No. of graduate degrees before CSP entry
• 0	24 (60)
• 1	12 (30)
• 2	4 (10)

CSP—clinician scholar program, IQR—interquartile range, UBC—University of British Columbia.
↵* Cohorts are defined by CSP graduation year.

Table 2.

Outcome variables of graduates of the CSP at UBC

VARIABLE	COHORTS^*			TOTAL

	1 (2001–2005)	2 (2006–2011)	3 (2012–2015)
Median (IQR) no. of publications, min to max	12 (1 to 27), 0 to 64	3 (1 to 10), 0 to 22	2 (1 to 3), 1 to 5	3 (1 to 12), 0 to 64
Median (IQR) no. of grants, min to max	0 (0 to 15), 0 to 61	0 (0 to 4), 0 to 32	0 (0 to 2), 0 to 3	1 (0 to 3), 0 to 61
Degrees achieved after CSP completion, n (%)	1 (3)	4 (10)	5 (13)	10 (25)
• Master’s degree	1 (3)	2 (5)	1 (3)	4 (10)
• Doctoral degree (currently enrolled or completed)	0 (0)	2 (5)	4 (10)	6 (15)
Appointments held after CSP completion, n (%)
• None	2 (5)	6 (15)	4 (10)	12 (30)
• Clinical	7 (18)	9 (23)	6 (15)	22 (55)
• Academic	3 (8)	3 (8)	0 (0)	6 (15)

CSP—clinician scholar program, IQR—interquartile range, max—maximum, min—minimum, UBC—University of British Columbia.
↵* Cohorts are defined by CSP graduation year.