Clinical and investigative medicine. Médecine clinique et experimentale
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Message from Tina Marvasti, President of the Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada: National and international collaborations and evidence based advocacy for the Canadian MD/PhD and MD+ trainees The overarching goals of the Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CITAC) for 2020 are to expand its reach to increase membership and to continue to build strong relationships with our national and international partners. These goals will be achieved by applying the following three strategies: • Continue to develop and strengthen our relationships with national and international key partners and with stake holders • Better understand the needs of clinician-scientist trainees for evidence-based advocacy • Increase membership, improve communication with all members and highlight the accomplishments of trainees.
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Clinician scientists are physicians who are uniquely trained to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and clinical practice. However, the challenges of integrating research and medicine are often not directly addressed in the clinician scientist training programs. ⋯ Despite this demand for mentors, there is a lack of formal mentorship initiatives at the institutional level across Canada. Recently, MD/PhD trainees have attempted to address this issue by implementing a nationwide mentorship match, with the aim of making mentorship more accessible to trainees across Canada.
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Message from the President: Demystifying and promoting the MD-PhD/MD+ world Since its inception in 2006, the Clinician-Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CITAC) has investigated, supported and promoted the needs of Canadian trainees on track to building a career in research and medicine. Membership in CITAC signals interest in such a career as a physician/clinician/surgeon-scientist. ⋯ Trainees assume and trust that the training they receive, and the opportunities they seize, can lead them to the dual career. Yet, when considering practical questions about this career outcome, such as what is the success rate in landing a faculty position with that job description, we realize that much is unknown.
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Patrick obtained his undergraduate degree at McGill University, and received his graduate training in Medicine and Biochemistry at the University of North Dakota. His postdoctoral work was conducted at the University of British Columbia. He joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in 1979. ⋯ Professionally, Patrick served as President of the Canadian Biochemical Society, Chair of the Medical Research Council/Canadian Institute of Health Research New Investigator Awards Committee, Chair of the Alberta Heritage Foundation Senior Investigator Awards Committee, Vice-President of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, and Secretary/Treasurer of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation. He continues to serve on Editorial Boards of scientific journals, including the Journal of Clinical and Investigative Medicine. He was invested into the Order of Manitoba in 2011.
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The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Society of Clinician Investigators (CSCI) and Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada/Association des Cliniciens-Chercheurs en Formation du Canada (CITAC/ACCFC) was a national Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Toronto, Ontario November 20-22, 2017, in conjunction with the University of Toronto Clinician Investigator Program Research Day. The theme for this year's meeting was "Roll up your sleeves-How to manage your physician scientist career", emphasizing lectures and workshops that were designed to provide tools for being proactive and successful in career planning. The keynote speakers were Dr. ⋯ Further to this, the Young Investigators' Forum encompasses presentations from scientist-clinician trainees from across the country. All scientific abstracts are summarized in this review. There were over 100 abstracts showcased at this year's meeting during the highlighted poster sessions, with six outstanding abstracts selected for oral presentations during the President's Forum.