# Clinician Scientist

**Source**: https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de/career-education/clinician-scientists/
**Parent**: https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de/career-education/students/clinicum-digitale/

Clinician Scientists work on overlapping issues related to medical topics.

## What does a Clinician Scientist do?

A Clinician Scientist is a young physician who actively pursues a structured academic pathway. The Clinician Scientist program is aimed at physicians who have completed their first years of training as a specialist at a university hospital and who can demonstrate a documented scientific interest. The training will be provided in university hospitals with strong research capabilities and a sufficient level of interdisciplinarity and research infrastructure.

More information about the Clinician Scientist Program in general [**here**](https://tu-dresden.de/med/mf/dscs).

Foto: materialmatters/RV

## Dr. Fiona Kolbinger

> *Working as a Clinician Scientist allows me to tackle clinical problems in an interdisciplinary manner.*

Clinician Scientist at the EKFZ for Digital Health\
[Department for Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Dresden](https://www.uniklinikum-dresden.de/de/das-klinikum/kliniken-polikliniken-institute/vtg)\
InnovationProject\_MedTech: [CoBot](https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de/projects/innovation-projects/cobot/)

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## How can I become a Clinician Scientist?

If you are young physician in specialist training, ask yourself whether you would see yourself doing research for a certain period instead of practicing. Do you already have scientific experience? Talk to your clinical mentor about your scientific interests and ask for advice. Together you can identify a suitable scientific topic for you.

If you want to become a Clinician Scientist in Dresden, you could also contact the **[Dresden School of Clinical Science](https://tu-dresden.de/med/mf/dscs)** for support.

To become a Clinician Scientist at the EKFZ for Digital Health you need to be team member of one of our [**Interdisciplinary Innovation Projects**](https://digitalhealth.tu-dresden.de/research/innovation-projects/). To find such a team approach your medical mentor for support. Your mentor probably knows best which suitable projects and ideas are currently in progress.