title: [Stop the compulsive PhD trajectory for junior doctors].
abstract: It has become the rule rather than the exception that junior doctors in training spend 3-4 years on a research project, culminating in a thesis. Without a PhD, clinical career prospects within and outside academia look rather bleak. Here I argue that PhD degrees should be pursued only by the most talented and motivated young clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Hubrecht Instituut, en Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht.
authors.forename: J C Hans
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Clevers
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*