The role of academic health science systems in the transformation of medicine

Survey on academic medicine culture, enablers & barriers in a newly formed academic department in Singapore

“…[12] Dzau et al highlighted the need for transformation organization change and the need for collaborative external partnerships. [13] Our study provided a perspective to academic medicine culture and was to our knowledge, the first study to perform on a group of health care practitioners in Asia on their attitudes and views on the culture, enablers and barriers of Academic Medicine within their settings.…”

“…These feedbacks were then discussed at focus groups by the leaders and senior staff. Various conceptual frameworks or models [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] concerning enablers and barriers of academic medicine and faculty development were also explored during the focus group discussions.…”

The Past and Future of Heart Institutes: Having Moved Beyond the One-Trick Pony

“…Dzau et al have discussed how an Academic Health Science System can act as an integrator to bridge the gaps in the continuum from medical discovery through translation to clinical research to guideline development and adoption to global health. 16 Duke Medicine is attempting to do this through the establishment of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute and the Duke Global Health Institute. 16 The Duke Translational Medicine Institute consists of 4 organizations: the Duke Translational Research Institute, which focuses on translating early discoveries into clinical applications, the Duke Clinical Research Unit, which undertakes biological proof-of-concept studies with advanced genomic and imaging technologies, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, for clinical trials and registries, and the Duke Center for Community Research.…”

“…16 The Duke Translational Medicine Institute consists of 4 organizations: the Duke Translational Research Institute, which focuses on translating early discoveries into clinical applications, the Duke Clinical Research Unit, which undertakes biological proof-of-concept studies with advanced genomic and imaging technologies, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, for clinical trials and registries, and the Duke Center for Community Research. 16 Such an elaborate and expensive structure will not be appropriate for every heart institute, yet it demonstrates a comprehensive solution to the problems of discontinuities.…”

Close to the bench as well as at the bedside: involving service users in all phases of translational research

“…Our argument therefore focuses on academic translational research, 16,17 and in particular on academic biomarkers research. We are of course aware that a huge proportion of translational research involving biomarkers research and medical product development is carried out by the private sector.…”