Importance of the Dialogue Between Clinical Practice and Scientific Research

Abstract

Even though clinical practice is nourished by the results of scientific research and the latter is fed by the needs in clinical practice, the truth is that in recent times these two worlds have grown inconveniently apart. One seems to be the world of science and other the world of clinical practice. Even in the curricular structures of medical training, two clearly defined stages are differentiated: basic sciences and clinical disciplines, to such a degree that they appear as if they were two separate careers.