Changing Academic Medicine: Strategies Used by Academic Leaders of Integrative Medicine—A Qualitative Study

Table 2

Recommendations for junior faculty.

Personal skills	Professional development	Networking
(i) Enjoy the work; (ii) Know your skills; (iii) Know your interests; (iv) Have a vision; (v) Keep the vision	(i) Learn about existing models of integration; (ii) Be a great M.D./Ph.D.; (iii) Build a research team; (iv) Build up a research program step-by-step	(i) Work with funders; (ii) Make allies with colleagues at conventional medicine departments; (iii) Align yourself with existing strengths of a hospital/research center