To the Editor: Medical education faces a number of significant challenges in the coming years. The most concerning problem is that there are insufficient medical educators. To compound this problem further, clinicians with an interest in teaching lack academic recognition, funding, time for medical education, and institutional support.1
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- Monash University and Southern Health, Melbourne, VIC.
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