Letter from the Editor-in-Chief - Medical Science Educator - LIMSC ...

Key WordsMedical student research, scholarly concentration,biomedical researchNotes on ContributorsCURT PFARR, PhD, is Associate Professor andSARP co-Director in the Department of MedicalEducation, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, TexasTech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso,TX, USA.DEBRA BRAMBLETT, PhD, is Assistant Professorin the Department of Medical Education, Paul L.Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech UniversityHealth Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.DAVID OSBORNE, PhD, is Professor in theDepartment of Medical Education, Paul L. FosterSchool of Medicine, Texas Tech University HealthSciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.AMY TROTT, PhD, is Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Medical Education, Paul L. FosterSchool of Medicine, Texas Tech University HealthSciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.HEATHER BALSIGER, MS, is Medical EducationLaboratory Manager in the Department of MedicalEducation, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, TexasTech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso,TX, USA.MARTINE COUE, PhD, is Associate Professor andSARP co-director in the Department of MedicalEducation, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, TexasTech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso,TX, USA.RICHARD BROWER, MD, is Associate Professorand Chair in the Department of Medical Education,Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas TechUniversity Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX,USA.TANIS HOGG, PhD, is Associate Professor andVice-Chair in the Department of Medical Education,Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas TechUniversity Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX,USA.References1. Wyngaarden JB. The clinical investigator as anendangered species. The New England journalof medicine. 1979 Dec 6;301(23):1254-9.PubMed PMID: 503128.2. Culliton BJ, D'Auria J. The physician-scientistreally is an endangered species. Journal ofinvestigative medicine : the official publicationof the American Federation for ClinicalResearch. 1998 Dec;46(9):417-9. PubMedPMID: 9861771.3. Rosenberg L. Physician-scientists--endangeredand essential. Science. 1999 Jan15;283(5400):331-2. PubMed PMID: 9925491.4. Zemlo TR, Garrison HH, Partridge NC, Ley TJ.The physician-scientist: career issues andchallenges at the year 2000. FASEB journal :official publication of the Federation ofAmerican Societies for Experimental Biology.2000 Feb;14(2):221-30. PubMed PMID:10657979.5. Goldman E, Marshall E. Research funding. NIHgrantees: where have all the young ones gone?Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):40-1. PubMedPMID: 12364762.6. Ley TJ, Rosenberg LE. Removing careerobstacles for young physician-scientists -- loanrepaymentprograms. The New England journalof medicine. 2002 Jan 31;346(5):368-72.PubMed PMID: 11821517.7. Nathan DG. Careers in translational clinicalresearch-historical perspectives, futurechallenges. JAMA : the journal of the AmericanMedical Association. 2002 May8;287(18):2424-7. PubMed PMID: 11988063.8. Ley TJ, Rosenberg LE. The physician-scientistcareer pipeline in 2005: build it, and they willcome. JAMA : the journal of the AmericanMedical Association. 2005 Sep 21;294(11):1343-51. PubMed PMID: 16174692.9. Green EP, Borkan JM, Pross SH, Adler SR,Nothnagle M, Parsonnet J, et al. Encouragingscholarship: medical school programs topromote student inquiry beyond the traditionalmedical curriculum. Academic medicine :journal of the Association of American MedicalColleges. 2010 Mar;85(3):409-18. PubMedPMID: 20182113.10. Pfarr CM, Lacy NL, Coue M. A scholarly activityand research requirement at the Paul L. FosterSchool of Medicine. Medical Science Educator.2011;21(1S):91-7.Medical Science Educator © IAMSE 2013 Volume 23(1S) 116