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Letters Revolution in academic medicine

Medical education research needs attention

BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r181 (Published 31 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r181
  1. Jenny Blythe, senior clinical lecturer,
  2. Louise Younie, professor of medical education,
  3. Maria Hayfron-Benjamin, head of community based medical education
  1. Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
  1. j.blythe{at}qmul.ac.uk

We welcome The BMJ’s commitment to academic medicine by way of its commission launch.1 We hope that the commission gives notice and attention to the academic field of medical education.

Medical education is in crisis globally, with chronic underinvestment and reduction in numbers of clinical educators.2 The lack of funding is evident when reviewing the proportion of medical …

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