title: [Cut a long story too short: Challenges in clinical                     research].
abstract: Clinical research reflects a mandatory prerequisite to translate basic research                     into clinical practice. While a lack of available qualified doctors to fill                     positions in hospitals as well as in the ambulant sector has prompted political                     decisions to counteract, Germany has witnessed an insidious deterioration of                     clinical research over time and compared to other industrialized countries.                     Measures to prevent an increasing loss of academic profile have to tackle all                     aspects from undergraduate to postgraduate training to attract highly skilled                     doctors in sustainable structures to reflourish academic medicine. Cornerstones                     to achieve these goals involve establishing of structured graduate programs,                     acknowledgment of time spend in clinical research in residency programs, extra                     occupational opportunities to achieve dual qualification (e. g. Master programs                     in clinical research) as well as independent positions with inherent carrier                     perspectives in academic medicine for doctors interested in clinical and                     translational research.
authors.affiliation: Interdisziplinäres Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum (IFB) "Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen" des Universitätsklinikums Jena. andreas.stallmach@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stallmach
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000639:trends*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends*; D000078329:Workforce