Caught Between Three Doors: The Hidden Burden of Research on FCPS Trainees
Every FCPS trainee must publish a research paper before their final exam, but with three separate approvals CPSP, the hospital IRB, and the journal each with different demands, the process becomes a silent burden. The requirement was meant to build physician-researchers. Instead, it’s producing doctors who finish a paper just to tick a box and never want to publish again. The problem isn’t the science it’s the system.