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- From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.med
- Subject: Re: Medics as scientists ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.181049.9827@city.cs>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 18:10:49 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.202346.10727@maths.tcd.ie>
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- In article <1992Aug28.202346.10727@maths.tcd.ie> arora@maths.tcd.ie (Ashish Arora) writes:
- >
- > Do you find that good doctors (medical doctors) make good researchers,
- >or is it the case that good doctors and good researchers are mutually
- >exclusive groups?
- > Only comments please -- no flaming.
-
- I have generally found that a scientifically oriented doctor is
- a rare thing. A scientist has a broader view and is more likely
- to be innovative whereas doctors generally perform from their
- experience and their training.
-
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- Lionel Tun (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
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