title: Academia as partner in organizational change.
abstract: Partnerships are valuable strategies for promoting organizational change. Collaboration between academia and service can provide rapid access to new clinical service delivery mechanisms and real-world laboratories for implementing and testing novel approaches to care delivery. Academic-service partnerships also provide opportunities for work force development. One example of a partnership is described in this article. Details of a Nursing Care Management Institute illustrate principles of good practice for community-campus partnerships.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chappell
mesh_terms: D001061:Appalachian Region; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007629:Kentucky; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*