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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(7):490-491; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.7.490
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 7, 490-491, April 4, 2001
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Are Physician-Scientists a Vanishing Breed?

Tom Reynolds

For 2 decades now, leaders in academic medicine have been sounding the warning that physician-scientists are in diminishing supply and that research—particularly patient-oriented research—will suffer as a result.

The problem is apparent at every stage of the medical career pathway: Fewer medical students express interest in research, few are able to take time for intensive postgraduate research training, and once they are full-fledged physicians, few find academic positions attractive. (The latter problem appears particularly acute in oncology; see sidebar, next page.)

The federal government has begun to address these concerns through National Institutes of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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