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It seemed to me during training that the research year was just an excuse to get a warm body into the lab. The MDs going on to do research had a longer commitment than a year. A far more concerning question is one that has plagued academic medicine since I was a study, almost 50 years ago. What makes a good teacher. Teaching is rewarded only in words, not in time for additional research, not in RVU (the coin of the realm). It takes a special understanding of one's specialty to bring a student along, from a to b to c without underwheming or overburdening them.

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