Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Marsh, Julie A.
2. Thie, Harry.
3. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
4. Center for Military Health Policy Research.

Description

1. xxviii, 101 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

Summary

1. In calling for the transformation of military medical education and training, the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended relocating basic and specialty enlisted medical training to a single site to take advantage of economies of scale and the opportunity for joint training. As a result, a joint medical education and training campus (METC) has been established at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Two of METC's primary long-term goals are to become a high-performing learning organization and to seek accreditation as a community college. Such goals require a clear model of organizational improvement with well-defined metrics for measuring its performance and using research and evaluation to assess and improve that performance. Lessons learned from a review of practices at institutions with similar missions -- such as community colleges, corporate universities, the UK's Defence Medical Education and Training Agency, and other federal agencies, such as the Veterans Health Administration -- establish a clear need for an office of institutional research to help METC attain its organizational goals. They also provide useful recommendations regarding the METC office's structure, scope, and governance.

Series statement

1. Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-981-OSD

Uniform title

1. Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-981-OSD.

Subject

1. Medicine, Military > United States
2. Institutional review boards (Medicine) > United States
3. Ethics Committees, Research > organization & administration > United States
4. Military Medicine > education > United States
5. Medical education > United States
6. Education, Medical > United States
7. Program Evaluation > methods > United States

Contents

1. Introduction -- Need for a research and evaluation capability : becoming a high-performing organization -- Need for a research and evaluation capability : accreditation requirements -- Structure and scope of an office of institutional research : findings from interviews -- Lessons learned from organizations with training missions similar to that of METC -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Call number

1. JSE 11-728

Note

1. "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available electronically.

Author

1. Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-

Title

1. Establishing a research and evaluation capability for the joint medical education and training campus / Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Julie A. Marsh, Harry J. Thie.

Imprint

1. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Center for Military Policy Research, 2011.

Series

1. Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-981-OSD
2. Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-981-OSD.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).

Additional formats

1. Also available electronically.

Connect to:

Added author

1. Marsh, Julie A.
2. Thie, Harry.
3. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
4. Center for Military Health Policy Research.

LCCN

1. 2011927969

ISBN

1. 9780833050649
2. 0833050648

Research call number

1. JSE 11-728