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.
Talbott
John A
JA
Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Faulkner
Larry R
LR
Buckley
Peter F
PF
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*