What are physician scientists doing during this time?

[NileMasr21]

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Are people tending to focus more on researching the virus/cures or more on the patient care side?

 

[Lucca]

labs are closed at our institution and only a small number of personnel are going in to maintain precious strains / animal models. Need special permission to work so only labs that are active are working on COVID-19 related projects.

 

[eteshoe]

I'm just writing like a fiend and checking cold storage every week since no new experiments are allowed.

 

[hello_wind]

Holding a free virtual meeting for physician-scientists to be 🙂 American Physician Scientists Association

 

[gbwillner]

One benefit of working on dry bench projects- you can do it from home.

 

[Fencer]

The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) is excited to announce that Translational Science 2020 will transform into an abbreviated, forward-focused scientific meeting with two virtual experiences planned for April 15-16, 2020 (noon-2 EDT, 9-11 PDT).

The NIH OITE is doing a series of webinars that can be viewed by anyone on “Strategies and Tools for Dealing with Stress During The Coronavirus” (last week, available for viewing) and "Becoming a Resilient Scientist" (tomorrow)

I highly encourage physician-scientists in training and those aiming to pursue the career to participate in these free offerings including the National APSA meeting link from above! I had to cancel my trip to Chicago...

 

[Group Captain Mandrake]

The American Physician Scientists Association is hosting a webinar: "The Role of the Physician Scientist During a Pandemic." The details are here: American Physician Scientists Association

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Writing grants, looking at data that I have and seeing if they can be crafted into LPUs, writing IRBs... reading a lot.

And doing more clinical time due to staffing issues.

 

[douglasreed]

That is absolutely true for highly qualified doctors. They are struggling to find ways to study them. For me, I tried doing something else pretty well. I am using my pen and summarizing my knowledge and looking for more information about them. Why should we use a pen? It just helps me avoid overexposure to the computer, and helps me improve my productivity. If you are curious, I can help you.

 

[Neuronix]

Working on papers, grants, protocols. Still seeing patients. It is definitely a setback not to be acquiring data right now though.

 

[Reckoner]

One benefit of working on dry bench projects- you can do it from home.

Same can be said for writing a dissertation, I've learned. Plus now there's an ironclad excuse for the social distancing...