
Department of Economics, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, 218A Brooklyn, NY11210, USA, email: joshua.fogel{at}gmail.com
See invited commentary, pp.
273-274, this issue.
In the USA, an attending is a physician that has completed medical training
and works in a hospital or clinic. They often supervise fellows, residents and
medical students.
This article reviews the literature on research as part of the career of a psychiatrist. Many of the reviewed articles emphasised an interest among psychiatry trainees for conducting psychiatric research. A number of reviewed articles discussed the aspects of research training experiences that lead to a career with a major research emphasis. A few articles described the percentage of time dedicated to research by academic psychiatrists. For those trainees completing their training and who plan to pursue a career as a clinician, there are still ways to incorporate research into clinical practice and continue to maintain some of the research skills that were learned as a psychiatry trainee.
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