Here is a link to a Medscape article I just read that discusses one half of the problem physician scientists face... namely the gradual loss of compensation over time and the lack of any ability to stop the process. This inevitably trickles down to us because there is less cash for our departments to to gamble on science. That, coupled with the depressed NIH funding rates means that our 80/20 type track is in peril of being significantly different than what we've imagined in the past....
Heart of the problem of medicine...
Heart of the problem of medicine...