title: The academic role of the vice president for health sciences: can a walrus become a unicorn?
abstract: The post of vice president for the health sciences was first developed in an attempt to interpret, modulate, and buffer the growing power of the medical school in the university and the different values that have existed there. The job has been greatly transformed over the past 10 years as a consequence of a variety of factors. Now a genuine creative effort applied to the design of the administration of health sciences centers and how they fit into universities is needed. The present modes of organization are not equal to the challenges that must be faced. New designs must be created which will recognize the special place of the health sciences in today's world and yet keep its function within the university frame.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D005178:Faculty; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009934:Organization and Administration; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D012649:Self Concept; D014495:Universities