title: Academic general internal medicine: a mission for the future.
abstract: After five decades of growth that has included advances in medical education and health care delivery, value cohesion, and integration of diversity, we propose an overarching mission for academic general internal medicine to lead excellence, change, and innovation in clinical care, education, and research. General internal medicine aims to achieve health care delivery that is comprehensive, technologically advanced and individualized; instills trust within a culture of respect; is efficient in the use of time, people, and resources; is organized and financed to achieve optimal health outcomes; maximizes equity; and continually learns and adapts. This mission of health care transformation has implications for the clinical, educational, and research activities of divisions of general internal medicine over the next several decades.
authors: Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. karmstro@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors: Katrina
authors: K
authors: Armstrong
authors: Nancy L
authors: NL
authors: Keating
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Landry
authors: Bradley H
authors: BH
authors: Crotty
authors: Russell S
authors: RS
authors: Phillips
authors: Harry P
authors: HP
authors: Selker
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D014481:United States