Establishing a research and evaluation capability for the joint medical education and training campus
By: Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Julie A. Marsh, Harry J. Thie
Contributors: Marsh, Julie A.; Thie, Harry; United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense; Center for Military Health Policy Research
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series -- MG-981-OSD; Rand Corporation monograph series -- MG-981-OSD.
Publisher: RAND Center for Military Policy Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780833050649
Subjects: Medical education; Research Ethics Committees; Program Evaluation; Institutional review boards (Medicine); Organization & administration; Military Medicine; Medical Education; Education; Methods
Description: 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.
Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).

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