Manning Mary
Academy of Medical Sciences, London.
Clin Med (Lond). 2004 Sep-Oct;4(5):462-4. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-5-462.
The Academy of Medical Sciences has matured quickly and found a distinctive niche amongst leading opinion formers and policy makers in healthcare and biomedical research. The Academy's 800 Fellows are the UK's leading medical scientists from hospitals, academia, public service and industry, and it is their expertise that gives the Academy its authority. The Academy campaigns vigorously to put science at the heart of the UK's public policy agenda in health, and to ensure that rapid advances in knowledge are translated as quickly as possible into benefits for patients. This paper briefly describes the work of the Academy and highlights the key achievements of the early years, particularly the Academy's role in drawing Government attention to the plight of academic medicine. The failure of clinical research to keep pace with scientific advances is now fully recognised and steps are being taken to establish new structures and to rebuild capacity in the UK.
医学科学院发展迅速，并在医疗保健和生物医学研究领域的主要舆论领袖及政策制定者中找到了独特的定位。该科学院的800名院士是来自医院、学术界、公共服务部门和行业的英国顶尖医学科学家，正是他们的专业知识赋予了科学院权威性。科学院积极开展活动，将科学置于英国卫生公共政策议程的核心位置，并确保知识的快速进步能尽快转化为患者的福祉。本文简要介绍了科学院的工作，并重点阐述了其早期的关键成就，尤其是科学院在促使政府关注学术医学困境方面所发挥的作用。临床研究未能跟上科学进步的步伐这一问题现已得到充分认识，英国正在采取措施建立新的架构并重建相关能力。
