State hospital-university collaborations: a 25-year follow-up.
OBJECTIVE
A formative survey of psychiatry departments 25 years ago showed strong and valued relationships between these departments and state hospitals. The authors sought to evaluate the extent of present-day collaborative relationships.


METHODS
A repeat of a similar survey was sent in 2005 to 119 chairs of departments of psychiatry.


RESULTS
Fifty-eight of 119 chairs (49% response rate) participated. A sustained high level of programmatic partnership was still observed, with 75% of respondents reporting ongoing administrative relationships. Seventy-four percent of respondents reported ongoing residency training relationships.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that strong state-university collaborations have prevailed over the past 25 years despite major changes for academic health care and psychiatry residency training during this period.
Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
John A
JA
Talbott
Larry R
LR
Faulkner
Peter F
PF
Buckley
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*