MGH/McLean Physician-Scientist Training Program — Outcomes Dashboard

REDCap export · March 30, 2026  |  59 alumni · 26–37 current residents · 52 self-assessment instances

59
Total alumni
270
Alumni survey instances
62.5%
K award success rate
26.2%
Alumni at 80–100% research effort
95/100
Mentor satisfaction (median)
+1.33
NIH biosketch within-resident growth
p<.001
Funding domain change significance
Alumni career outcomes
Publications & awards
SA domains
Grant writing
SA longitudinal
Item trend ranking
Mentorship & conferences
Summary statistics

Alumni outcomes based on most recent survey per person (N=59). K award data from 43 alumni with complete responses. Effort/salary data from 42 respondents.

Long-term career goals (N=42)
Academic rank at most recent survey (N=59)
Research effort (% time) distribution
Research salary support (%) distribution
K award pipeline by graduation cohort
Cohort size Applied Received
Top 11 alumni by publications at most recent survey
Alumni publications by graduation year (mean per alumnus)
Research effort vs publications (alumni scatter)

Publication and award data extracted from free-text fields using structured parsing. Counts represent items per survey instance. Error bars = ±1 SEM.

Mean publications per survey instance by PGY year (±SEM)
Mean awards received per instance by PGY year (±SEM)
Total publications reported by PGY year (all instances)
Total awards received by PGY year (all instances)
Conference attendance rate by PGY year (%)
PGY1 PGY2 PGY3 PGY4
Competitive awards received — taxonomy (residents)

7 domain summary scores (averaged across item subsets, scale 1–5). N=11–16 per PGY year cross-sectionally; N=15 for within-resident longitudinal analyses.

Radar: all 7 domains by PGY year (scale 1–5)
PGY1 PGY2 PGY3 PGY4
Domain means by PGY year — grouped bar
PGY1 PGY2 PGY3 PGY4
Within-resident domain change Δ (first → last, n=15)
p<.001 p<.05 NS positive
Funding domain trajectories — all 15 residents (spaghetti)
Scientific Knowledge domain — individual trajectories
Systems-Based Practice domain — individual trajectories

Grant writing and funding literacy are the competency cluster showing the strongest and most consistent growth across residency. All 6 items showed statistically significant cross-sectional and/or within-resident improvement.

Grant writing items — means by PGY year (line chart)
Find funding NIH biosketch Specific aims Research plan Career dev section Compelling story
Grant items — PGY1 vs PGY4 mean comparison
PGY1 PGY4
All 34 items: mean score at PGY4 — sorted ascending (1–5 scale)
≥4.20 (strong) 3.80–4.19 3.50–3.79 <3.50

Within-resident longitudinal analyses (N=15 residents with ≥2 time points). Statistics: one-sample t-test vs. 0; *** p<.001, ** p<.01, * p<.05, † p<.10. Points above the diagonal line = growth over training.

All 34 items: mean within-resident Δ (first→last), sorted — n=15
p<.001 p<.05 Positive, NS Near zero Negative
NIH Biosketch: first vs last score (paired scatter, n=15)

Δ mean=+1.33 (SD=1.08) · p<.001 *** · Points above diagonal = improvement

Funding domain: first vs last score (paired scatter, n=15)

Δ mean=+1.06 (SD=0.82) · p<.001 *** · Points above diagonal = improvement

Specific Aims: first vs last score (paired scatter, n=15)

Δ mean=+1.07 (SD=1.00) · p=.001 ***

Career knowledge: first vs last score (paired scatter, n=15)

Δ mean=+0.93 (SD=1.06) · p=.005 **

Spearman rank correlation between PGY year (1–4) and item score, across all survey instances. Positive r = items that increase with training year. Color intensity reflects significance level.

All 41 items + 7 domains: Spearman r sorted ascending
p<.001 p<.01 p<.05 NS (positive) NS (near zero) Negative

Mentorship data from all current resident survey instances (PGY1–4). Satisfaction rated 0–100. Error bars = ±1 SEM where applicable.

Primary mentor establishment rate by PGY year (%)
Mentor satisfaction mean (0–100 scale) by PGY year (±SEM)
Meeting frequency distribution — primary mentor (all instances)
Award application intent rate by award type & PGY year (%)
Dupont-Warren APA Colloquium NIH K award NARSAD
Any award intent rate by PGY year (%)
National conference attendance rate by PGY year (%)

Complete summary statistics for all self-assessment items. Spearman r = cross-sectional trend; within-Δ = mean change first→last observation (n=15); p-values from one-sample t-test vs. 0.

Complete item statistics table
Item PGY1 MPGY2 MPGY3 MPGY4 M Spearman rr p-val Within ΔΔ p-val