tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post329931396307966240..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Publish or Perish? But Where?Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-54045540726276550682011-12-01T02:24:37.167-05:002011-12-01T02:24:37.167-05:00You may be interested in this article "WHY AR...You may be interested in this article "WHY ARE MEDICAL JOURNALS SO DULL?" published wayback in 1958, I also believe that Richard Asher had more to say on the subject in his seven sins of medicine.<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2026137/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-89273365250541500872011-10-21T08:56:38.249-04:002011-10-21T08:56:38.249-04:00@Murfomurf
Well said and again, not just where yo...@Murfomurf<br /><br />Well said and again, not just where you are.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-14341868064009111952011-10-20T21:05:36.980-04:002011-10-20T21:05:36.980-04:00And Australia/NZ.
I see relatively young "sp...And Australia/NZ.<br /> I see relatively young "specialists" heading clinical departments- have done no more than minimum clinical, but have always been glued to their computers writing up research and being clever doing their own statistics and mathematical modeling. It puts off both the steady clinicians and the good teachers! It even alienates non-clinical researchers who used to make a living helping clinicians do research studies, analysing them and writing them up!Murfomurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975382358013125434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-29382727953012293752011-10-20T10:38:18.886-04:002011-10-20T10:38:18.886-04:00@Nofame4u
I assure you that what you describe is ...@Nofame4u<br /><br />I assure you that what you describe is not unique to Europe. The same is true here in the US.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-24960303656037837282011-10-20T10:16:46.267-04:002011-10-20T10:16:46.267-04:00When I left MedSchool in Germany after having expe...When I left MedSchool in Germany after having experienced lots of teachers without motivation for teaching but promoting their university career with doubtful research and unread papers instead, I had a first interview for a job in the universities Neuro department. I offered engagement in teaching, what I prefer much to basic research, but guess what, they showed no interest at all. It's a shame that teaching is so unvalued compared to research, in non-UK Europe unfortunately even more than elsewhere...Nofame4uhttp://www.nofame4u.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-85235602102059463412011-10-19T21:36:05.483-04:002011-10-19T21:36:05.483-04:00Great comment. Thanks. This is really a shame. 10 ...Great comment. Thanks. This is really a shame. 10 years. And will it make her a better surgeon? I doubt it. She might waste the equivalent of 3 years on Twitter, but it wouldn't be as obvious.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-70675460122380296052011-10-19T19:31:55.946-04:002011-10-19T19:31:55.946-04:00My program is currently considering a proposal (fr...My program is currently considering a proposal (from our Research Director) that ALL residents in our program who do not already have a PhD upon entering be required to undertake at least 2 years of research (i.e., acquire at least a Master's, ideally a PhD) during their residency. Neurosurgery residency is still 6 years in Canada but given the changes in training requirements that's set to go up to 7 as it did in the US. Add in a PhD, it's an automatic 10+ years...<br /><br />Current residents would be exempt, but one of them recently came to talk to me about the whole issue of research. She's going to be a good, solid clinician, the type you want as a colleague, who gets the work done, and she's not interested in running a lab, but she's getting the message on numerous fronts that you need research qualifications/CV publications to be considered for any kind of decent job. She's wondering if she should spend two or three years pursuing a degree which in the end she's not going to put to good use, just to be competitive.<br /><br />Perhaps I should tell her to get a Twitter account...Gwyneddhttp://twitter.com/gpsforthebrainnoreply@blogger.com