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The need for need-finding in medical education

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The paradigm of developing a novel technology and applying it to a clinically relevant problem may be dominant in academic medicine, but more emphasis is needed in identifying important clinical problems before looking for solutions.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Sainiteesh Maddineni, Wasan Kumar.

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Maddineni, S., Kumar, W. The need for need-finding in medical education. Nat Biotechnol 41, 1028–1030 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01855-z

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