Research in the Training of Cardiovascular Surgeons

Medicine is the human activity whose character associates Science with the Art of Research, thus physicians should be considered researchers in their activity1-8. Like Molière’s Bourgeois, who spent his life making “prose” without realize it, all physicians carry out research throughout their activity without being aware of this fact9. [...]it makes no sense for the cardiovascular surgeons to reject the research, considering themselves unable to exercise it or alleging lack of time, for being far from their purposes. [...]there is a personal financial gain combined with the spread of the professional name at a high intellectual and social level in a continuous upward spiral. Fundamental principles of ethical conduct in scientific research.