In 100 years, half of current medical practices will be proven incorrect, and physicians practicing today do not know which half. The current medical school curriculum often does not teach students to question the utility of medical practices or to assess the literature supporting their utility. Subsequently, trainees are unable to perform their own scientific investigations that evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of treatment, thereby slowing the advancement of medical care. Additionally, as these trainees become practicing physicians, they continue to employ antiquated medical practices through their career.

One of my overarching goals is to train the next generation of physicians to question current medical practices and to perform their own investigations that evaluate treatment paradigms, particularly in oncology. Throughout my medical training, I have compiled resources to teach trainees how to adequately appraise medical literature, conduct their own investigations, and publish their findings. In working with trainees, I typically collaborate with a multidisciplinary group of medical professionals, draft a prospectus of a research project, teach trainees how to obtain data, analyze data with biostatisticians, oversee writing of the manuscript, and navigate manuscript submissions to peer-reviewed journals. I have streamlined each part of this process, and my goal is to have the trainee as the first author on the work. Most trainees will achieve this goal by their first or second project. Trainees will then have skills they need to perform their own investigations that seek to improve medical care.