title: Medicine on a need-to-know basis.
abstract: Disease-oriented, introductory medical curricula can help overcome educational and institutional barriers that separate aspiring translational scientists in PhD programs from the world of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gandrud
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.forename: Everett
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kattah
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haertel
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Parnes
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Mellins
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D004501:Education, Medical; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D013663:Teaching