Medical Education

Should medical student research be banned?

I run student and resident research projects as a trauma surgeon. For years the emails trickled in. This year they do not. Students arrive with a question and a draft and ask to be put on a paper. Large language…

I run student and resident research projects as a trauma surgeon. For years the emails trickled in. This year they do not. Students arrive with a question and a draft and ask to be put on a paper. Large language models made literature searches, coding, chart review, and a first manuscript cheaper. They noticed.

On August 20, Will Flanary, better known as Dr. Glaucomflecken, titled a podcast episode “Medical Student …

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Should medical student research be banned?