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Academic medicine exists to create a better future for humanity. Medical school faculty fulfill this responsibility through effort in five interdependent realms: advancing science, engaging in clinical innovation and service, fostering multidisciplinary education, collaborating to address societal needs, and nurturing leadership and professionalism. Faculty investigators seek new knowledge to help understand the biological basis of health and disease as well as the psychological, cultural, and social determinants of illness. Academic clinicians apply scientific evidence to help individual patients, to establish better practices, and to create effective systems of care for entire populations.
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Roberts LW, Hilty DM. Approaching your academic career. In: Roberts LW, Hilty DM, editors. Handbook of career development in academic psychiatry and behavioral sciences. 2nd ed. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2017. p. 3–12.
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Roberts, L.W. (2020). How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine. In: Roberts, L. (eds) Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31957-1_1
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