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Khurram Nasir: Are We Debating the Wrong Thing About Research in Medical Training?
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Aug 26, 2026, 14:17

Khurram Nasir: Are We Debating the Wrong Thing About Research in Medical Training?

Khurram Nasir, Co-Director Houston Methodist-Rice University Digital Health Institute (HM-Rice DHI) at Houston Methodist, shared a post on LinkedIn:

”Are we debating the wrong thing about research during medical training?

On my flight back home yesterday, I spent some time reading the discussion on X criticizing research during medical school, residency, and fellowship

I understand frustration… too many publications, random projects, people publishing because they were told ‘you need this to match.’

But I’m not sure the real debate is research vs no research
For me, we need to distinguish researchers from publishers

Publishing has become much easier…reviews, meta-analyses etc

A long publication list does not necessarily mean someone has deeply engaged in research

I actually use a simple 2–minute test

Ask a trainee about one project: Why this question? What was unknown? What did you actually do? What surprised you? What went wrong? What would you do differently?

You know very quickly.

Someone who has truly spent months thinking deeply about a problem understands the methods, limitations, grey areas and what the data cannot tell us

For them, the paper is a byproduct, not the purpose

And this is why I worry about discouraging research altogether

Over the years, I have noticed something very clear in clinic and on rounds.

Trainees who have genuinely immersed themselves in research often have a certain spark
They ask more questions, want to know why. less satisfied with this is just how we do it

Some of that reflects qualities difficult to teach (curiosity, passion, motivation)

But research also teaches things we absolutely can develop (how to dissect a problem, turn uncertainty into a question, understand methods, assumptions, and become comfortable with the grey areas of medicine)

All of these very helpful in becoming excellent clinicians

Do they all become researchers? Of course not, actually most of them are the most amazing clinicians I have seen

So when we hear….Our job is to train clinicians, not researchers…. I think it’s shortsighted view.

So let’s not discourage research.

Discourage publishing for the sake of publishing.

The goal should not be to create more publisher, It should be to equipping better thinkers and future leaders with skills to succeed.”

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