Clinical research is the most common type of research among both non-academic and academically affiliated physicians, according to a survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The survey pulled from data collected in 2022 from a national sample of 5,917 physicians in the United States, both within and outside of academic medicine.
Here are the most common types of research:
|
Type of research |
Percentage of MD/DO scientists |
Percentage of MD/DO-PhD scientists |
|
Clinical |
80 percent |
90 percent |
|
Basic science |
4 percent |
25 percent |
|
Translational |
9 percent |
39 percent |
|
Health services/systems |
20 percent |
8 percent |
|
Community |
9 percent |
5 percent |
|
Educational |
22 percent |
18 percent |
|
Other |
3 percent |
0 percent |