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Can the Professors of Medicine Stand Up?

Can the Professors of Medicine Stand Up? Abstract To the Editor. —In his recent EDITORIAL in the February Archives (1983; 143:212-213), Dr Landau raised an extremely important but sensitive point, ie, that the professors of internal medicine in the United States have failed to exercise required intellectual leadership. He correctly identifies their responsibility for preparing future generations of practitioners of internal medicine and correctly, I believe, compares the attitudes developed by these students and house officers with those adopted by an adolescent on the basis of his early experiences at home. It thus follows that leadership requires, first of all, being an excellent practitioner of internal medicine.Unfortunately, reality is different. Because of the well-known "publish or perish" concept, which equates advancement in academic rank primarily with publications, the physicians with academic aspirations will concentrate on publishing and will seldom become truly proficient in scientific medical practice. The role models for the new generation of physicians are the References 1. Imbroglio at Yale: I. Emergence of a fraud. Science 1980;210:38-41.Crossref 2. Imbroglio at Yale: II. A top job lost. Science 1980;210:171-173.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Can the Professors of Medicine Stand Up?

Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 143 (7) – Jul 1, 1983
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1983 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9926
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1538-3679
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1983.00350070220046
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Abstract

Abstract To the Editor. —In his recent EDITORIAL in the February Archives (1983; 143:212-213), Dr Landau raised an extremely important but sensitive point, ie, that the professors of internal medicine in the United States have failed to exercise required intellectual leadership. He correctly identifies their responsibility for preparing future generations of practitioners of internal medicine and correctly, I believe, compares the attitudes developed by these students and house officers with those adopted by an adolescent on the basis of his early experiences at home. It thus follows that leadership requires, first of all, being an excellent practitioner of internal medicine.Unfortunately, reality is different. Because of the well-known "publish or perish" concept, which equates advancement in academic rank primarily with publications, the physicians with academic aspirations will concentrate on publishing and will seldom become truly proficient in scientific medical practice. The role models for the new generation of physicians are the References 1. Imbroglio at Yale: I. Emergence of a fraud. Science 1980;210:38-41.Crossref 2. Imbroglio at Yale: II. A top job lost. Science 1980;210:171-173.Crossref

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Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1983

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