title: Walking the tightrope: directing a student health center at a research institution with an academic medical center.
abstract: Reporting lines for directors of student health centers (SHCs) at colleges and universities are a matter of continuing interest for those of us who must follow them. SHC directors at institutions with academic medical centers face a greater number of reporting choices that also have the potential of being more politically charged. The author describes his experience at 2 such institutions and offers some cautious advice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. billchristmas@newmex.com
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Christmas
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000047:Academies and Institutes; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D013333:Student Health Services; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*