To the Editor: In response to an emerging mismatch between supply and demand for academic clinicians,1 several organisations have highlighted the potential value of an explicit clinical academic training pathway for Australian medical graduates.1,2 An initiative of this nature would not only increase educational capacity, but would also help realise the aspirations of the McKeon Review of Health and Medical Research — to achieve and sustain health care excellence through training and retaining a world-class medical research workforce.3
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We thank Nick Webb and Catherine Joyce for their input to and advice about this letter.
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