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Time to invest on research during medical training

2020; Oxford University Press; Volume: 97; Issue: 1144 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138071

1469-0756

Mariana Peyroteo, Maria Moitinho de Almeida, Miguel F Cunha, Joana Simões, Ana Alagoa João, José Moreira Azevedo, Bárbara Vieira, David Cordeiro Sousa, Diana Filipa Gomes Leite, Clara Gaio-Lima, António Sampaio Soares,

Health Sciences Research and Education

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, our societies have witnessed an unprecedented generation and dissemination of information, including of scientific nature. With thousands of new studies published every day, it is a challenge for physicians to keep up with the evidence relevant for their practice. Such times call for physicians' ability to critically appraise the medical literature for its soundness and relevance. In addition, it is of the uttermost importance that research published in extremely short periods of time maintains high-quality standards and is useful for physicians all around the globe. The solution for this pandemic crisis depends on research and development and our doctors have been trained to diagnose and treat. They lack research training—essential to build, interpret and effectively apply scientific evidence. Therefore, it is time to acknowledge the critical importance of research training as an early component of medical education, which, as many studies have shown, carries many advantages.