BMJ  2005;331:672 (24 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7518.672

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Academic medicine scenarios: final votes

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On 9 July we published five possible futures for academic medicine; for a detailed description of each scenario, see the article ( BMJ 2005;331: 101-4[Free Full Text]). Coinciding with the article, we conducted an online poll, which had a final tally of 263 respondents (including 142 doctors and 50 academics). The responses were as follows:

Looking ahead to 2025, which scenario do you find the most [description]?

Response count Description Academic Inc Reformation In the public eye Global academic partnership Fully engaged Creative 52 54 29 73 55 Liberating 25 88 20 63 50 Distasteful 104 24 88 6 13 Desirable 18 39 27 102 66 Likely 76 46 27 33 63

Totals are less than 263 because some respondents didn't indicate a preference.

Which do you consider to be the two or three most important elements in academic medicine's future?

Element Response count Teaching and lifelong learning are priorities 125 Gap between knowledge and practice closes 116 Academic medicine becomes much more multidisciplinary (including, for example, humanities, ethics, and law) 106 All academic medical institutions share the goal of global health equity 95 Teamwork predominates 59 Patients assume a higher profile 56 Dismantling of the traditional triad (research, teaching, and clinical practice) 51 Academic medicine becomes academic health sciences 50 Academic medicine becomes more business-like 38 Students have a voice 33 Institutions specialise 28

Responses ordered in descending order of popularity.

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For more detailed results, see: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7508/DC2

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