Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada .
Clin Invest Med. 2021 Oct 3;44(3):E72-79. doi: 10.25011/cim.v44i3.36707.
While the separate roles of physicians and scientists are well defined, the role of a physician scientist is broad and variable. In today’s society, physician scientists are seen as a hybrid between the two fields and they are, therefore, expected to be key to the translation of biomedical research into clinical care. This article offers a narrative review on physician scientists and endeavours to answer whether there is an ongoing need for physician scientists today. The historical role of physician scientists is discussed and compared with physician scientists of the 21st century. Fundamental differences and similarities between the separate roles of physicians and scientists are examined as well as the current state of bench to bedside research. Finally, the ability of 21st century physician scientists to impact their respective medical and scientific fields in comparison to non-physician scientists will be discussed. This paper speculates as to why numbers of physician scientists are dwindling and uses the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of rapid translational research. Ultimately, we suggest that physician scientists are important and may have the most impact on their field by working to connect bedside and bench rather than simply working separately in the bedside and bench. To do this, physician scientists may need to lead clinical research teams composed of individuals from diverse training backgrounds.
虽然医师和科学家的角色分工明确，但医师科学家的角色广泛且多变。在当今社会，医师科学家被视为这两个领域的混合体，因此，他们被期望成为将生物医学研究转化为临床护理的关键。本文对医师科学家进行了叙述性综述，并试图回答当今社会是否仍需要医师科学家。本文讨论了医师科学家的历史角色，并将其与 21 世纪的医师科学家进行了比较。本文还探讨了医师和科学家的角色之间的基本差异和相似之处，以及当前从基础研究到临床应用的研究现状。最后，将讨论 21 世纪医师科学家与非医师科学家相比，在各自的医学和科学领域产生影响的能力。本文推测了为什么医师科学家的数量正在减少，并以 COVID-19 大流行作为快速转化研究的例子。最终，我们认为医师科学家很重要，他们通过努力连接床边和实验室，而不是简单地分别在床边和实验室工作，可能会对他们的领域产生最大的影响。为此，医师科学家可能需要领导由来自不同培训背景的人员组成的临床研究团队。
