This discussion of traditional academic medicine's resistance to changes in practice, technology, and finances looks at three current problems in medical education and two in biomedical research. Solutions are proposed, based on redefinition of the relationship between universities and medical schools and expansion of the conventional narrow focus…

Reports that Harvard University Medical School is considering policy changes that would ease financial restrictions in its conflict-of-interest standards for faculty researchers. Supporters argue that such changes are necessary to attract and retain top researchers, but ethicists warn that as collaborations between industry and academic medicine…

An examination of the changes over a ten-year period (from 1972 to 1982) in the number, distribution, and characteristics of Ph.D. faculty of clinical departments of medical schools is provided in this report. Trends in the training and research involvements of this group are stated with special emphasis on an analysis of the factors associated…