Clinician scientists have gained institutional support in the era of translational research, as the key solution to closing the ‘translational gap’ between biomedical research and medical practice. However, clinician scientists remain an ‘endangered species’ in search of a secure niche, while new grants and training programs attempt to counteract their measurable decline in numbers over the past decades. Our study asks how an occupational space for clinician scientists is currently situated between the politics of translation, professional dynamics, and the specialization of academic disciplines. We interviewed clinician scientists, their adjacent professions—clinicians and biomedical researchers—, and contrast their views with expectations from the discourse on clinician scientists in the biomedical and policy literature. We identify professionalizable work and tasks that relate to, first, being able to speak the two languages of both clinic and research, second, translating patients’ needs and clinical experience for further research, and third, counteracting the trends towards specialization by providing an inclusive point of view. We find that clinician scientists are overburdened with fulfilling a hybrid role of simultaneously being clinicians and scientists. Based on these findings, we suggest a path for the future professional development of clinician scientists towards the role of a translator.

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临床科学家应该做什么？转化生物医学专业化工作的未定义空间

临床科学家在转化研究时代获得了机构支持，作为弥合生物医学研究与医学实践之间“转化鸿沟”的关键解决方案。然而，临床科学家仍然是寻找安全生态位的“濒危物种”，而新的赠款和培训计划试图抵消过去几十年它们数量的显着下降。我们的研究询问临床医生科学家的职业空间目前如何介于翻译政治、专业动态和学科专业化之间。我们采访了临床医生科学家、他们的相邻职业——临床医生和生物医学研究人员——并将他们的观点与生物医学和政策文献中对临床医生科学家的论述的期望进行了对比。我们确定与以下相关的专业化工作和任务，第一，能够讲临床和研究的两种语言，第二，翻译患者的需求和临床经验以进行进一步研究，第三，通过提供包容性的方式来抵消专业化趋势观点看法。我们发现临床医生科学家负担过重，要同时担任临床医生和科学家的混合角色。基于这些发现，我们为临床医生科学家未来的专业发展向翻译角色提出了建议。通过提供包容性的观点来抵消专业化的趋势。我们发现临床医生科学家负担过重，要同时担任临床医生和科学家的混合角色。基于这些发现，我们为临床医生科学家未来的专业发展向翻译角色提出了建议。通过提供包容性的观点来抵消专业化的趋势。我们发现临床医生科学家负担过重，要同时担任临床医生和科学家的混合角色。基于这些发现，我们为临床医生科学家未来的专业发展向翻译角色提出了建议。