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The New Clinician-Scholars—Dual Training in Medicine and Humanities Drives Health Research Innovation

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.15526

September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint explores how training in both the medical and health humanities complements biomedical research, expanding clinician-scholars’ understanding of human health.

Corresponding Author: Lakshmi Krishnan, MD, PhD, Departments of Medicine and English and Medical Humanities Initiative, Georgetown University, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007 (lakshmi.krishnan@georgetown.edu).

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