RT Journal
A1 Wright, James G.
A1 Jackson, Douglas W.
T1 Supporting the Orthopaedic Clinician-Scientist
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2002
FD January 1
VO 84
IS 1
SP 145
OP 146
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Dr. Jackson has eloquently stated the importance of the clinician-scientist
to the specialty of orthopaedics and to musculoskeletal research
in general. He has provided a detailed description of the problems
associated with the decline of the clinician-scientist and possible
solutions. Among the many excellent suggestions, I question only one
of his assumptions. He states: "The clinician-scientist
must realize that his or her income will be less than that of a full-time
clinician working within an orthopaedic department. Nonmonetary rewards
and support as well as intellectual satisfaction should be as important to
the potential clinician-scientist as income is."