Apparently, in developing and in well-developed societies we are confronted with a crisis of
academic medicine in all aspects: health care, teaching, and research. Health care …

One of the many problems of academic medicine is its detachment from actual health
problems of the population. Family medicine has a potential of bridging this gap. The paper …

Academic medicine seems under pressure. The revolutionary changes in the practice of
medicine of the last decades, the continuing demands for educational reform, decreased …

Provides information on the activities of the Working Party of the International Campaign to
Revitalize Academic Medicine since its establishment in June 2004. Meeting between …

In the present debate about academic medicine in crisis, I argue that the problem is partly
the consequence of a global process of alienation and depersonalization. Technology …

Academic medicine consists of three vocations: clinical care, research, and teaching. Many
argue that academic medicine is undergoing a crisis. In response to the crisis a debate has …

The role that academic medicine has to play in a medical career has been a hotly debated
topic over the last two decades. A number of initiatives have been proposed to increase the …

Academic medicine is once more face-to-face with health care reform, which this time is
being seriously debated and will at least be the subject of legislation. There is the possibility …

Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a shortage of doctors to fill senior research posts."
High quality clinical researchers are like gold dust," said Diana Dunstan of the Medical …

The OED defines a profession as 'a vocation or calling especially one that involves some
branch of advanced learning or science (the Medical Profession)'. Other distinguishing …