title: Teaching the tenets of quality: a survey of medical schools and programs in health administration.
abstract: This article reports the results of a survey of medical schools and programs in health administration to determine the national scope of the teaching of quality assurance in higher education. The responses from 98 medical schools and 64 schools of public health or health administration programs suggest that medical schools have not yet successfully integrated training in QA into the medical school or residency curriculum. Health administration programs appear to give QA courses more serious attention, to offer a more well-rounded program in QA, and to evaluate students' progress in QA courses more carefully. No statistically significant differences were found between public and private medical schools, between undergraduate and graduate levels, or across geographic regions in response rates or in provision of QA training.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Program in Health Administration, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Ackerman
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States