The role of schools of allied health in the academic health center: report of a study.
This paper highlights selected data from a recently completed study of the organization and governance of academic health centers. The study was conducted under the auspices of the Association of Academic Health Centers and was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It is hoped that the limited information presented here will stimulate interest in the larger study. Data derived from three different questionnaires used in the study are presented and discussed. Top administrators in academic health centers were surveyed to produce information on the structural components and hierarchical relationships in contemporary academic health centers, the processes by which decisions are made and conflicts are resolved, and the conditions that administrators envision for their institutions in the future. Deans of schools of allied health were part of the survey group, and their responses are examined along with those of deans of other health professional schools.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009934:Organization and Administration; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires