Program directors' recommendations for transforming health services management education.
A survey of graduate program directors shows that they recognize major change taking place in the health services industry and the need for programs to respond with curriculum revision. The revisions proposed tend to emphasize more practice involvement and human resources management skills rather than increased quantitative and financial competencies. Is this the right direction for programs to take? Will such revisions produce graduates better able to manage and lead in the emerging health care environment? We need more evidence-based research to answer these questions. In the meantime we have developed an environmental typology suggesting some rather clear distinctions among programs according to their settings. We know that the resulting categories of programs vary according to their national reputations and the kind of students that they serve. Do these different categories of programs prepare their different students well for the changing health care environment? Our current evidence, again, is sparse, indicating the need for further research.
Andersen
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Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1772, USA. randerse@ucla.edu
Davidson
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Hilberman
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Nakazono
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D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States