Matrix organization of a residency program in an academic medical center.
Matrix organization has recently been employed in health care administration to integrate individuals from different disciplines in complex projects and tasks. As residency training in primary care develops and its leaders recognize the need for multidisciplinary inputs to medical education, similar integrative methods of organization will become necessary. Matrix organization offers a structure which can facilitate coordination, communication, and cooperation in health care educational administration as well as in service administration.
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011320:Primary Health Care