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. 2004 Oct 2;329(7469):789-92.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7469.789.

Academic medicine: the evidence base

International Working Party to Promote and Revitalise Academic Medicine

Academic medicine: the evidence base

International Working Party to Promote and Revitalise Academic Medicine. BMJ. .

Abstract

The International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine recognises that an evidence based approach is important in discussing the problems of academic medicine. A preliminary exploration of the evidence on academic medicine has led to a research agenda for examining and proposing realistic solutions

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Academic medicine has an uncertain role in the Chinese health system Credit: STUART FRANKLIN/MAGNUM PHOTOS
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(top) Relation between the number of clinical medicine papers indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) 1994-2004 and the gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for purchasing power parity; (bottom) relation between the number of citations to these papers listed by ISI and GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity
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Proportion with medical degree among the 250 most cited scientists in clinical medicine, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, and pharmacology, 1981-2000w15
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