Collaboration based on the clinical model can help grow the physician-scientist

Received 2 May 2002; received in revised form 1 July 2002

Abstract

Surgeon scientists are a vanishing group, a reason for which may be an initially frustrating experience in the laboratory. This essay proposes a specific plan to improve the first time researcher’s bench research experience.

Keywords: Surgical education, clinician scientist, residency

a Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2210D THCC, 1500 East Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-734-936-5790; fax: +1-734-647-9867.

PII: S0002-9610(02)01110-8

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