[Training of surgeons for laboratory research].
A degree in surgical research has been set up in 1986 in France. It includes a one-year full time work in a research laboratory, and seminars (one to three days long, each). General surgical research objectives are gathered in a first seminar. Then, candidates select one among four optional subjects: biomaterials-artificial organs, transplantation, oncology, and neurosciences. Two prerequisites are necessary in order to register. The first is to write a research project according to standardized rules, and the second is to attend two seminars, one dealing with scientific communication and the other with methodology in clinical research. A nation-wide valid Academic degree is delivered to candidates who pass an oral presentation of their research report and who attended all seminars according to the optional subject that they selected. From 1986 to 1993, 434 students attended the formation. They came from different regions of France, proving the nation-wide characteristic of the degree, and some from foreign countries. Seminars were held in different French University towns. An increasing number of students become Ph.D.
Huguier
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Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
Houssin
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Franco
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D
Carpentier
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A
Cohadon
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F
Chopin
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D
Wolf
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JP
Tadie
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M
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005602:France; D007753:Laboratories; D012106:Research; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education*
La formation des chirurgiens à la recherche en laboratorie.