Campaign to revitalise academic medicine calls for radical thinking

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1454-a

BMJ 2004;328:1454 (19 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1454-a

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Campaign to revitalise academic medicine calls for radical thinking

Zosia Kmietowicz

London

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A campaign to breathe new life into academic medicine has calledfor a radical rethink on the way medical research is organisedin order to capture global health issues that matter to patientsand make a difference to their lives.

More than 90 researchers, educators, policy makers, clinicians,and funders from around the world gathered for the campaign'sinaugural meeting this week at BMA House. Their aim was to definethe future of academic medicine, which they say is threatenedby lack of funding and facilities and poor career prospects.The campaign, which was launched last November by the BMJ, hasso far attracted the involvement of more than 20 internationaljournals and organisations.

Delegates at the meeting agreed that the time for an ivory towerattitude had passed, and that modern academic medicine requiredtransparency, leadership, and a community and patient focusto gain better understanding and support . . . [Full text of this article]

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