Medical library services needed for research workers in basic medicine

Basic science research in medicine.

The utility of research in basic sciences is not discernible to the casual observer, as most of it is undertaken to answer scientific questions rather than with the goal to cater to the needs of a particular discipline. The relevance of basic sciences to medicine is not immediate, as decades pass before the relevance of a particular research can be recognized. One recent example is Robert Edwar...

Needed: a commitment to basic training in emergency medicine teaching.

Ask a room full of dedicated emergency physicians why they chose Emergency Medicine (EM) as a career, and many will mention a great EM role model or teacher. As a young, dynamic specialty, EM needs more great educators to inspire future generations. Not only do effective teachers motivate others to choose their specialty; they better stimulate learning in trainees. All physicians can benefit fr...

Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and Health

Over half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and management (HPAM), particularly in the megacities of middle-income and developing nations. We make a case for creating a global database on citie...

Basic principles for conducting human research in orthopaedic medicine.

Researchers and clinicians operate in an increasingly complex clinical and regulatory environment in which understanding the principles governing human research is essential. However, most orthopaedic surgeons have not received in-depth training in regulatory requirements and scientific research methods. Ensuring that research is conducted in accordance with state and federal laws and ethical p...

[Research in the basic medical sciences].