There was a question on scientists and clinicians working together that I didn't get to answer #NCRIVirtual today - one route is clinician scientists (like me) who do both. The NKI model of clinician scientists partnerships is impressive. 1/4
A drawback in the UK is that rewards and measures of success (REF) are based on individual achievements. Team work is massively undervalued IMO. We need to think about restructuring how career development works in academia to capture team based outputs. 2/4
The one thing I would change about my job is the competition - the race to be first to publish, the unpublished findings that are hidden so you don't get scooped. When these findings are aimed at improving patient outcomes, they should never be hidden away. 3/4
So to promote team working, reward open science, reward grants that genuinely (not just nominally) support clinician-scientist collaborations. Have research sand pits. Have clinicians and scientists work and play together - then the ideas will flow. 4/4
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