You could be right. The reason I said it was that as part of the pathway to becoming a senior hospital doctor (apart from moving a lot, working hard and studyin

You could be right. The reason I said it was that as part of the pathway to becoming a senior hospital doctor (apart from moving a lot, working hard and studying for post-graduate exams) is the requirement to get stuff published. This makes a lot of doctors do research who aren't interested in a career in research. If that was me I'd be tempted to do something that was as easy as possible to get that box ticked.