Protecting an endangered species: Training physicians to conduct clinical research

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-445

  Goldhamer, Mary Ellen J ^a   Cohen, Amy P ^b   Bates, David W ^c   Cook, E Francis ^b   Davis, Roger B ^b   Singer, Daniel E ^a   Simon, Steven R ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FUNDING; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249116307     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819a7cb1     Document Type: Article

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