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PubMed2000

Distance education. Part 2. Student characteristics, program characteristics, administration and future direction.

INTRODUCTION: A descriptive analysis of student and program characteristics was undertaken. METHOD: Data were obtained using student enrollment forms, periodic surveys and regular feedback which formed part of the formative evaluation. RESULTS: In the five year period 1992-1996, 433 doctors enrolled in the Graduate Diploma, of which 56 proceeded onto Masters. Of the 433, 60% were male. The mean age of students was 41 years, with rural (49%) and solo (45%) practitioners over-represented; 20% held the FRACGP and 15% resided outside Australia. Around 20% deferred or withdrew during the five year period. Of the 56 Masters enrollments, 16 had completed the degree in minimum time, with a further 30 completing within two years. Reasons for enrollment were largely professional with many students expressing the need to overcome isolation and gain intellectual stimulation. CONCLUSION: This Diploma/Masters course which has a strong clinical component has attracted considerable interest among established general practitioners. The program appears to have succeeded because of its flexible delivery, lack of exclusive research orientation and its firm grounding in general practice.

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PubMed2001

Diversity in health administration doctoral education: alternative scenarios for the future.

Doctoral programs in health administration are characterized by extreme diversity in focus, format, content, and market. The observed diversity reflects two key structural attributes of health administration as a doctoral field of study: 1) its multidisciplinary base, and 2) its small size. These attributes leave doctoral programs vulnerable to a host of external pressures. The field lacks structure and organizing principles at the national or international level, and students, employers, and other stakeholders suffer some damaging consequences. Pressures from the institutional environment are weak and splintered (among the constituent disciplines of health administration), while the technical environment (economic forces such as competition for students and research funding) produces a powerful set of incentives that shape the form and substance of health administration doctoral education. As alternatives to the current hybrid nature of the field, two additional future scenarios are considered: Integration with Health Services Research, and Integration with Business Administration. The future of health administration doctoral education is interdependent with 1) the continued differentiation of health administration as a master's field of study; 2) trends in research funding; and 3) economies in the delivery of small-scale or individually customized doctoral education. At the least, programs and students currently would benefit from more information classifying program breadth and goals and reporting outcomes; more adequate information on careers and placement; and a modicum of workforce planning.

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PubMed1987

Czechoslovakia.

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