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Research productivity is one of the defining characteristics of academic excellence. However, research may become a low priority at medical schools and academic health centers as faculty increasingly are asked to generate clinical revenue to support their faculty positions. This increased demand for clinical revenue results in less time for teaching and research. Given these conditions, it is imperative that administrators working at academic health centers look for creative ways to increase the research productivity of their faculty in those situations in which faculty may have little time to write grants and conduct research. This paper overviews the success of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health in tripling research productivity over the past 5 years.
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Wedding, D. Creating a Research-Friendly Workplace. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 4, 51–59 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026280003584
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