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Question of the Year
Academic Medicine Editor Steven L. Kanter, M.D., plans to
use each year's January
editorial to challenge the academic medicine community with
a broad-based, thought-provoking, discussion-generating question
that will help chart the course for the journal over the ensuing
year. It is in this spirit all who have a stake in academic medicine
are invited to help shape the future direction and focus of the
journal by responding to the Question of the Year.
2009 Question of the Year: "How should academic medicine contribute
to peace-building efforts around the world?"
By "academic medicine," I mean medical schools and teaching
hospitals, and all the individuals who work and learn in these institutions.
Furthermore, while there have been, and continue to be, a number
of efforts focused on humanitarian medical aid, the use of health
initiatives to promote peace, and scholarly efforts to understand
how medical interventions can contribute to peace, the 2009 Question
of the Year targets specifically the role that academic medicine
can and should play in peace-building.
See the January
2009 editorial in Academic Medicine for more information.
How to Submit a Response to the 2009 Question of the Year
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If you haven't done so already, create an author account in
the journal's Web-based manuscript submission system, Editorial
Manager. If you already have an account, skip this step.
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Once you have registered, use the Submit a New Manuscript link
on your homepage to begin.
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For Article Type, select "Response to the 2009 Question of the
Year."
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Then follow the prompts to complete your submission.
2008 Question of the Year: "What are the grand challenges in academic
medicine today?"
A "grand challenge" has been defined for a variety of
disciplines in different ways, but generally means the statement
of a problem that is thought to be solvable within a foreseeable
time period (e.g., a decade, a century, or something in between)
through the application of significant increases in knowledge and
/or major breakthroughs in technical capability.
For our purposes, grand challenges should stimulate thought across
the full spectrum of academic medicine: from fundamental precepts
to far-reaching policy, from organ systems to sociocultural systems,
from understanding our past to shaping our future.
View
List of Grand Challenges (PDF)
View List of Grand Challenges
Contributors (PDF)
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