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Focus On The Profession: Academic And Clinical Departments, Robert Armstrong
Focus On The Profession: Academic And Clinical Departments, Robert Armstrong
Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
The departments within the Faculty of Medicine at UBC play a central role in achieving the goals of the expanded medical school, and the goals of the broader health care system. Four strategies are needed for success: make professionalism the tie that binds the Faculty of Medicine and the health authorities; engage clinical and academic deĀpartments as key drivers of professionalism; ensure knowledge development and continuous learning are recognized as central to professionalism; challenge government to focus on supporting professionalism.