Table 4.
Characteristics of MD-PhD Program Enrollees, Grouped by Their Medical School’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)-funding Status
| Variable | Totala No. (% of 2,574) | MSTP-funded No. (% of 1,998) | Non-MSTP funded No. (% of 576) | P valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | .012 | |||
| Men | 1,537 (59.7) | 1,219 (61.0) | 318 (55.2) | |
| Women | 1,037 (40.3) | 779 (39.0) | 258 (44.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .103 | |||
| White | 1,642 (63.8) | 1,258 (63.0) | 384 (66.7) | |
| Black | 137 (5.3) | 109 (5.5) | 28 (4.9) | |
| Hispanic | 141 (5.5) | 120 (6.0) | 21 (3.6) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 545 (21.2) | 419 (21.0) | 126 (21.9) | |
| Native American/Alaska Native | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other/multiple races/no response | 107 (4.2) | 90 (4.5) | 17 (3.0) | |
| High school summer laboratory research apprenticeship | < .001 | |||
| No | 1,982 (77.0) | 1,507 (75.4) | 475 (82.5) | |
| Yes | 592 (23.0) | 491 (24.6) | 101 (17.5) | |
| College laboratory research apprenticeship | < .001 | |||
| No | 631 (24.5) | 454 (22.7) | 177 (30.7) | |
| Yes | 1,943 (75.5) | 1,544 (77.3) | 399 (69.3) | |
| Most interesting area of medicine | < .001 | |||
| Public health aspects of disease | 168 (6.5) | 122 (6.1) | 46 (8.0) | |
| Patient management | 888 (34.5) | 616 (30.8) | 272 (47.2) | |
| Biomedical research | 1,518 (59.0) | 1,260 (63.1) | 258 (44.8) | |
| MCAT scores, quintiles | < .001 | |||
| < 19 | 8 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 5 (0.9) | |
| 19–23 | 56 (2.2) | 30 (1.5) | 26 (4.5) | |
| 24–26 | 139 (5.4) | 67 (3.4) | 72 (12.5) | |
| 27–30 | 509 (19.8) | 299 (15.0) | 210 (36.5) | |
| ≥ 31 | 1,862 (72.3) | 1,599 (80.0) | 263 (45.7) | |
| College Carnegie Classification | < .001 | |||
| Not specified | 103 (4.0) | 76 (3.8) | 27 (4.7) | |
| Other institutions | 27 (1.0) | 9 (0.5) | 18 (3.1) | |
| BA/BS colleges | 331 12.9) | 256 12.8) | 75 (13.0) | |
| Master’s colleges and universities | 188 (7.3) | 110 (5.5) | 78 (13.5) | |
| Research universities with high research activity or doctoral/research universities | 274 (10.6) | 182 (9.1) | 92 (16.0) | |
| Research universities with very high research activity | 1,651 (64.1) | 1,365 (68.3) | 286 (49.7) |
Abbreviations: MCAT indicates Medical College Admission Test; BA/BS, baccalaureate arts and sciences.
a
Institutional MSTP-funding data were missing for one person.
b
Tests of significance were chi-square tests comparing MD-PhD program enrollees in MSTP-funded and non-MSTP-funded programs.