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The Changing Emphasis in Clinical Research
I. Topics Under Investigation. An Analysis of the Submitted Abstracts and Selected Programs at the Annual "Atlantic City Meetings" During 1953 Through 1965
- ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.;
- NEAL KOSS, M.D.; and
- JOHN H. M. AUSTIN, M.D.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, Conn. 06510.
Excerpt
Every spring in Atlantic City, during 4 consecutive days known as "The Spring Meetings," physicians engaged in clinical research assemble to discuss their work. The meetings contain the annual national transactions of three organizations: the American Federation for Clinical Research (AFCR) on the first day, the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) on the second, and the Association of American Physicians (AAP) on the third and fourth.
The roster of people who belong to one or more of these organizations includes the chairman of almost every department of internal medicine at American medical schools, most of the full-time faculty and
This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.
Summario in Interlingua
Le congressos annual del Association de Medicos American (Association of American Physicians, AAP) del Societate American pro Investigationes Clinic (American Society for Clinical Investigation, ASCI), e del Federation American pro Recerca Clinic (American Federation for Clinical Research, AFCR) consiste de programmas seligite ab synopses de recerca submittite per investigatores clinic. Con le adjuta de un digital computator electronic, le contento del synopses submittite e del seligite programmas esseva analysate pro le annos ab 1953 usque al fin de 1965. Cata-un del synopses esseva classificate secundo le presentia o le absentia de material human, del orientation morbologic, e de variabiles patientotrope de correlation.
Durante le mentionate intervallo de tempore e in despecto de un constante augmento in le numero total de synopses submittite annualmente, le numeros e le procentages absolute de recerca patientotrope ha declinate ab 46 pro cento ad 18 pro cento in le AFCR e ab 34 pro cento ad 13 in le ASCI. Simile declinos ha occurrite in le procentages de recercas human e morbotrope. Per contrasto, le procentage de recercas nonhuman e non-morbologic ha montate ab 3 ad 23 pro cento in le AFCR e ab 8 pro cento ad 29 in le ASCI. Le procentage de synopses dedicate primarimente a recercas "therapeutic" ha declinate ab 5 pro cento (ASCI) e 10 pro cento (AFCR) ad 2 pro cento (pro ambe organisationes), a le numero absolute de synopses "therapeutic" ha etiam declinate.
Le programmas principal del ASCI e AFCR reflecte le declinante trends "clinic", ben que un certe preferentia selectional ha in recente annos—particularmente in le ASCI—essite dedicate a themas "non-clinic". Le contento de synopses submittite al AAP non poteva esser analysate. Le programmas del AAP ha regularmente essite plus "clinic" que illos del AFCR o ASCI, sed illos ha etiam habite un progressivemente declinante contento "clinic".
Article and Author Information
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From the Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, and the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, Conn.
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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Fluid Research Funds, the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
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- Received August 8, 1966.
- Accepted September 20, 1966.
