Saving the Endangered Physician-Scientist — A Plan for Accelerating Medical Breakthroughs

Physician-scientists have been a driving force in biomedical research and have made broad contributions in both the private and public sectors. In the past four decades, however, the proportion of U.S. physicians engaged in research has dropped.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 381; no. 5; pp. 399 - 402
Main Authors Jain, Mukesh K, Cheung, Vivian G, Utz, Paul J, Kobilka, Brian K, Yamada, Tadataka, Lefkowitz, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 01.08.2019
Subjects
Biomedical research
Brown, Michael
Career development planning
Careers
Goldstein, Joseph
Medical practices
Medicine
Nobel prizes
Public health
Scientists
Technological change
Varmus, Harold E
Vietnam War
United States > US
Vietnam
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Summary:Physician-scientists have been a driving force in biomedical research and have made broad contributions in both the private and public sectors. In the past four decades, however, the proportion of U.S. physicians engaged in research has dropped.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1904482