“…Despite the fact that in 1997 only 29% of residency program directors thought that their residents were well prepared for an academic career that required original research, only 25% of 1997 EM graduates who were entering an academic career believed that fellowship training was important for academic success. 4,5 Why, in the face of good evidence that research training strongly correlates with a successful research career, does EM shun such training? 6 The reasons are multifactorial: few funded fellowship opportunities in EM, the large debt burden faced by many graduating residents, and a lack of exposure to research role models.…”