Physician participation in health administrator education

A seminar in quality of care analysis was developed with three objectives in mind: (a) to familiarize health administration students with methods for measuring the quality of health care (b), to sensitize students to complexities of the medical care process, and (c) to provide a setting where students interact directly with physicians in dealing with a common problem. Students developed individual evaluation projects at participating institutions in cooperation with faculty of the program and staff at the institutions. Evaluation of the seminar in terms of state objectives was performed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Indications are that the course was well accepted by students and achieved its major goals.