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The Great Opportunity: Cultivating Scientific Inquiry in Medical Residency
Jatin M Vyas1,2,3, Jayaraj Rajagopal2,4, Caroline L Sokol2,5
1Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Abstract:
Residency training is a profound experience that greatly influences the career trajectory of every trainee. Currently, residency programs focus heavily (or almost exclusively) on the acquisition of medical knowledge and fail to foster intellectual curiosity and introduce residents to careers in investigation. We share 3 programs embedded in residency training where this focus is shifted with an emphasis on prompting intellectual curiosity and exciting residents about careers in investigation to revitalize the physician-scientist workforce.
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