Plenary Lecture : Why do research ?: Important role of physician-scientists and research in the advancement of clinical medicine = Plenary Lecture : Why do research ?: Important role of physician-scientists and research in the advancement of clinical medicine

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Claude Bernard, a brilliant French physiologist, had proclaimed that hospitals are entrance to scientific medicine and medical science is a laboratory where one can seek explanations of life in the normal and pathological states by means of experimental analysis. Hence, in medicine, the desire to combine scientific observation with a clinical perspective has a long tradition with roots going back to classical antiquity. Physician scientists are uniquely capable of asking clinically relevant questions in research settings and bringing rigorous scientific inquiry to the care of patients. We will review both tangible and intangible reasons to pursue biomedical research among physicians, and how the advancements in research have impacted the healthcare and well being of patients. We will also review the similarities and differences in the infrastructure of Korean and Amercian physician scientist training during medical school and clinical training, and the impact in the respective healthcare system.