Medical Doctors considered Scientists?

No they never will be but, they make more money then medical scientists, how ever you can right medical articles as a md

there you go. you just answered your own da** question. CHEERS!

Most of us who work in the community are not scientists. But our training is such that we should be able to discriminate between science and popular belief. Some of us may opt to participate in clinical trials but the required informed consent and data collection are very time consuming. And the research protocol itself is designed by someone else, someone who could be termed a scientist.

The same applies to many medical TV commentators. They excel at communicating the essence of recent medical discoveries, and most of them mention the caveats, too. A few MD commentators in the popular media border on the edge of science and hearsay. This is pseudo-science.

But when they interview a guy like Dr. Anthony Fauci, perk up your ears and turn on the TiVo. He's the genuine article.

The British Medical Journal article was well stated. The community physician relies heavily on the expertise of the editorial committee to assure that the conclusions of a research article are valid.