Song Won Ji, Lee Si-Hyung, Chung Jin Ho
Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
JID Innov. 2021 Nov 24;2(1):100073. doi: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100073. eCollection 2022 Jan.
In their new article, "Training Physician-Scientists for Careers in Investigative Dermatology," Li et al. (2021) describe the difficulties of nurturing physician-scientists in the United States and their causes. In Korea, the importance of physician-scientists is also being emphasized, and medical schools and the government are making great efforts to foster physician-scientists as well. As a result of these efforts, the number of those obtaining a doctoral degree after residency training in clinical departments, including dermatology, is increasing in Korea. However, more systematic support from the government, medical schools, and their affiliated hospitals is needed so that more physician-scientists can conduct research to identify the causes of diseases and develop new treatments while practicing medicine. In this commentary, we would like to comment on the situation of physician-scientists in Korea.
李等人（2021年）在其新文章《培养从事皮肤学研究的医师科学家》中描述了在美国培养医师科学家的困难及其原因。在韩国，医师科学家的重要性也得到了强调，医学院校和政府也在大力培养医师科学家。由于这些努力，在韩国，包括皮肤科在内的临床科室住院医师培训后获得博士学位的人数正在增加。然而，政府、医学院校及其附属医院需要提供更系统的支持，以便更多的医师科学家在行医的同时能够开展研究，以确定疾病病因并开发新的治疗方法。在这篇评论中，我们想对韩国医师科学家的情况发表评论。
