[Invitation to be basic medical research doctors; current status and efforts at Kurume University School of Medicine].

Many medical students are interested in basic medical researches. However, to make a decision to get into the research position throughout the life is not easy. In Kurume University, although shortage of clinicians, partly due to the atmosphere that senior doctors consider experiences of basic research is favorable as well as a re-evaluation of PhD degree, staffs and PhD students with MD or DDS are not very rare in the departments of basic medical sciences including the anatomy department. Some, not many though, MDs once lead clinical experience return to basic research in order to solve problems they encountered at clinical scenes or for enthusiasms for spirit of further inquiry for life sciences. Those might be lead by the push of senior doctors or through "admission course for medical sciences" and "laboratory experience training" in the initial curriculum of the medical course. Open spaces where students and researchers can enjoy free scientific talking are hopefully expected to facilitate establishing students' incentive to participate in basic studies.