In the Literature
Jan 2013
Chetan Huded, MD, Jill Rosno, MD, and Vinay Prasad, MD
Our system of medical education and postgraduate medical training rewards the accumulation of publications (abstracts, posters, presentations, and papers) rather than the pursuit of truths. The consequences of all this bad science are not felt by researchers, whose careers may be propelled by these erroneous results, but by the patients who are subject to medical practices the validity of which is uncertain.
Virtual Mentor. 2013; 15(1):29-33. doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.1.jdsc1-1301.