Rescuing the physician-scientist workforce: The time for action is now

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3742-3747

  Milewicz, Dianna M ^a   Lorenz, Robin G ^b   Dermody, Terence S ^c   Brass, Lawrence F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CAREER; CERTIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENDER BIAS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; TIME; UNIVERSITY; WORKFORCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84943311771     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI84170     Document Type: Review

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