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... Most efforts to train biomedical scientists are traditionally directed toward physicians and M.D./Ph.D.graduates. Ph.D.graduates are not trained to appreciate pathobiology and, in most medical centers, it is difficult to recruit outstanding basic scientists into clinical departments primarily because, as one of my students succinctly stated, "You work for physicians and not with them." Students graduating from basic science departments in medical schools should be important components of the bridge; however, this is infrequent e These students enter programs in medical schools because they wish to work on problems related to human disease.
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