title: Full-time clinical department chairs: time of transition.
abstract: By the early 1950s, medical schools across the United States were in a state of major transition. Significant growth in full-time faculty and full-time clinical department chairs heralded dramatic changes in medical education and clinical research that would change American medicine. This article is a brief summary of the appointment of the first full-time chairs of clinical departments in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, focusing on the critical period from 1952 to 1961.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000639:trends*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009825:Oklahoma; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends