# Areo Magazine: Malpractice in Academic Medicine

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/areo-magazine-malpractice-in-academic-medicine/996>\
**Category:** Open and replicable science\
**Tags:** scientific-misconduct, medicine\
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/areo-magazine-malpractice-in-academic-medicine/996 "2020-11-27T18:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/areo-magazine-malpractice-in-academic-medicine/996/1 "2020-11-27T18:17:48Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/AreoMagazine/status/1332385004794605570?s=20>

“The assumption that doctors are innately competent to conduct scientific research […] appears to be a historical hangover. […] Having only attended a few cursory undergraduate sessions during medical school—which may have taken place decades ago—doctors can apply for hundreds of thousands of pounds of public research funding, with no further scientific training.”

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