思索

前天收到的接受函...
關於骨盆骨折相關的另一篇研究...
這是Peter Fu的第十八篇第一作者或指導作者的論文...
(十六篇第一作者,兩篇指導作者)

也是回長庚醫院一年來,以本院名義發表的第五篇文章...
趕在924滿週年之前,給自己的週年慶禮物...

Title: The Diminishing Role of Pelvic X-rays in the Management of Patients with Major Torso Injuries
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Dear Dr. Fu,

We have received the review of your submitted manuscript, and I am
pleased to let you know we are able to accept it for publication.

Currently, accepted manuscripts typically appear in print about 12
(twelve) months after acceptance, and are published on-line within a
month of the authors submitting edited galley proofs.

The vitality and scientific basis of our specialty is sustained by your
support of this original, peer-reviewed independent publication. Thank
you for your continued interest in The American Journal of Emergency
Medicine.

Sincerely,

J. Douglas White, MD, MPH, MBA
Editor

當然開心還是開心,不過也有一點沉重...

骨盆骨折的主題,似乎快要變不出把戲了...
雖然還有幾個進行中的計畫,但似乎越做越小,內容越做越專...

對這個領域的研究者來說,專精當然值得用心追求...

但其實仔細想想,骨盆骨折的病患究竟有多少?
當我把這個病研究到透徹,分類出可能只有我自己才知道的分類時,對世界的幫助又有多大?

過去一定是一收到接受函就放上網誌分享,
但這兩天卻反覆思索這些問題,遲遲沒有公布...
究竟我在追求什麼?
真的如當初那種想要改變世界改變歷史的決心,又或者只是個人履歷表上的戰績而已?

看到自己過往的文章,不免發現自己的天真...

研究的路還是要繼續走,只是該怎麼走,似乎又到了該轉彎的時候...