| Viewpoint: who's watching out for the clinical academician? | |
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PMID: 16186607 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The plight of the physician-scientist in academia has been extensively documented. Unrecognized is that there are three distinct types of these physicians. The academic clinician, who is involved in patient care delivery and participates in clinical research by enrolling patients; the clinical academician, whose primary objectives are academic; and the physician scientist, who is involved principally in basic laboratory research. It is the clinical academician who is best able to promote translational research, but it is also this type of physician who is most difficult to recruit, retain, promote, and support in the academic medical center. Clinical academicians develop hypothesis-driven investigator-initiated trials, facilitate collaborations between clinicians and basic researchers, and mentor trainees and junior faculty in the conduct of clinical research. Their contributions must be recognized, and new approaches to supporting their time spent in academic and clinical research activities must be developed, in order to prevent their extinction. |
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Authors:
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Randall F Holcombe |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 80 ISSN: 1040-2446 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2005 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-09-27 Completed Date: 2005-12-13 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 905-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Hematology/Oncology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, USA. rholcomb@uci.edu |
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Biomedical Research Faculty, Medical / standards* Humans Patient Care Physicians* Problem-Based Learning |
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