The numbers of physician-scientists (PSs) who conduct patient-oriented (i.e., clinical) research (CR) are declining; thus, public health care and research is in serious jeopardy.
In order to determine how to attract more physicians to CR careers and direct educational interventions effectively, this book using qualitative research method unraveled the complicated nature of PSs learning in light of the structural dimensions of individual and workplace context, such as access, culture, gender and power and proposed a model to foster PSs learning in communities of practice. The goal is to...