%0 Journal Article %T Clinical research: A personal perspective %A Arun S. Nanivadekar %J Archive of "Perspectives in Clinical Research". %D 2017 %R 10.4103/2229-3485.198547 %X Research ought to be inculcated as an attitude during the formative years of every health-care professional. The core elements of research are curiosity, observation, reasoning, and experimentation. These suggestions are supported with suitable examples. Medical advisers in the pharmaceutical industry are in a unique position to act as facilitators of such a process. The tools they can use are also suggested %K Clinical research core %K clinical research facilitators %K clinical research tools %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299803/