Should basic science matter to clinicians?
2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 391; Issue: 10119 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30199-5
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresNiall C.J. Filewod, Jane Batt, András Kapùs, Katalin Szászi, Gregory D. Fairn, Arthur S. Slutsky, Warren L. Lee,
Tópico(s)Healthcare cost, quality, practices
ResumoWe have observed declining interest in discovery science by our medical colleagues. Across a range of top medical journals, the number of basic science articles decreased by 40–60% from 1994 to 2013, 1 Steinberg BE Goldenberg NM Fairn GD Kuebler WM Slutsky AS Lee WL Is basic science disappearing from medicine? The decline of biomedical research in the medical literature. FASEB J. 2016; 30: 515-558 Crossref PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar while a major North American university recorded a 60% decrease in clinician-investigator trainees pursuing basic science training between 1987 and 2016. 2 Goldenberg NM Steinberg BE Rutka JT et al. Research projects in the surgeon-scientist and clinician-investigator programs at the University of Toronto (1987–2016): a cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2016; 4: E444-E447 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar The decline of basic science research in the medical literature and a disregard for it in continuing education programmes 3 Fox RD Bennett NL Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education. BMJ. 1998; 316: 466-468 Crossref PubMed Scopus (168) Google Scholar are allowing mastery of science to be lost by practising clinicians.
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