


We invariably tell each other, and our students, that the academic tripod consists of patient care, teaching and research. In fact, in the real world where science is performed and medicine is practised, a better rendering of the academic tripod might be: "If it's new, it's not true: if it's true, it's not important; but if it's new and it's true and it is important, then we knew it all along." - Phil Gold |

