The Lessons and The Legacy of the Pew Health Policy Program

The Lessons and The Legacy of the Pew Health Policy Program

  • Author: Kay, Corrine M.; Chilingerian, Jon A.
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309058254
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309538756
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1997
  • Month: June
  • Pages: 361
  • Language: English
  • The Lessons and The Legacy of the Pew Health Policy Program
  • Copyright
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION
    • THE BIRTH OF THE PEW HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM
      • RAND Corporation/University of California at Los Angeles (RAND/UCLA)
        • Boston University/Brandeis University (BU/Brandeis)
        • University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
        • University of Michigan
        • American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
        • Changes to the Programs
    • VAGUE GOALS THAT ALLOWED FOR REFLECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
    • HISTORY AND ORIGINS OF DEVELOPMENT
    • PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
      • University of California at San Francisco
        • University of Michigan
        • RAND/University of California at Los Angeles
        • Boston University/Brandeis University (BU/Brandeis)
    • THE ROLE OF THE IOM
    • NOTES ON PROGRAM STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
      • University of Michigan
        • RAND/University of California at Los Angeles
        • University of California at San Francisco
        • Boston University/Brandeis University
    • COMMON THEMES
  • PART II. SUCCESSES AND FAILURES
    • CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
    • RECRUITMENT
      • Profiles and Targets
        • Program Champions
        • Finding the Best and Brightest
    • MENTORING
      • Access to Key People
        • A Hands-on Approach
    • COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS
      • Faculty Generosity
    • EARLY FOCUS ON THE DISSERTATION
      • Dissertation Seminars
        • On-the-Job Training
    • NETWORKING
      • Shared Interests
        • Fellowship Among Fellows
    • MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
      • Agents of Change
    • LEADERSHIP ROLES
      • Role of IOM
        • Creating a Vision for a National Training Program
        • A Transcendent Pew Identity
        • Role of the Trusts
    • THE "PRICE" OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION—FINANCING ISSUES
      • University of Michigan
        • University of California, San Francisco
        • Brandeis University/Boston University
    • RAND/UCLA
  • PART III. DETERMINING THE LEGACY
    • WHERE ARE THE PEW FELLOWS TODAY?
      • Career Trajectories
        • Professional Distribution
        • Movement Between Professional Fields
    • IMPORTANCE OF DOCTORAL PROGRAM COMPLETION
      • Doctoral Completion Rates
        • Effect of Program Noncompletion
        • Other Comments About Doctoral Program Completion
    • UNCOVERING THE PHPP LEGACY
      • Informants' Reflections on the Meaning of Legacy
        • Legacy as Bridging Theory and Practice
          • Legacy in Terms of Scale and Scope
          • Legacy as Information Processing and Dissemination
          • Legacy as Professionalization of Health Policy
          • Legacy as Offering New Conceptual Models
          • Legacy as the Future Impact
        • The Legacy in Summary
    • ANSWERING FUTURE NEEDS AND OFFERING ADVICE
  • PART IV. SUMMARIZING THE LEGACY: SOME CONCLUSIONS AND THOUSAND FOR THE FUTURE
    • A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING THE PHPP EXPERIENCE: BASIC AND INTEGRATIVE ELEMENTS
    • DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PROGRAM VISIONS: BASIC ELEMENTS
      • Recruiting Faculty and Fellows: Examples of internal and External Targeting
        • An Evolving Educational Service Concept
        • A Focused Operating Strategy
          • Developing a Strong Curriculum That Ensures Academic Success and Survival
          • Faculty Deployment
          • Changing Behavior Patterns via Service-Oriented Culture
          • Cost-Effectiveness
        • Developing an Educational Program into a Well-Designed Delivery System
          • Role of Key People
        • Physical Layout
          • Changing Rules and Procedures
    • DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PROGRAM VISIONS: INTEGRATIVE ELEMENTS
      • Positioning Each Program
        • Leveraging Program Costs Over the Value of the Program to the Follows
          • Building on Core Competencies
          • Adding Value via Network Effects
          • Combining a Standard Curriculum with Customized Elements
          • Deep Involvement of the Fellows
        • Integrating the Operating Strategy and the Educational Program
          • Matching Fellows with Faculty
          • Application of Computer Technology
          • Integration Through IOM
    • IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING HEALTH POLICY PROGRAMS AS A NEW EDUCATIONAL NICHE
      • Phase 1: Planning Prerequisites
      • Phase 2: Problem Exploration
      • Phase 3: Knowledge Exploration
      • Phase 4: Program Design
      • Phase 5: Program Evaluation, Implementation, and Operation
      • Interpreting the Pew Experience
    • SUMMARIZING THE LESSONS LEARNED: MAXIMS FOR OTHER SCHOOLS
      • Bold and Ambiguous Goals Encourage Active Experimentation
        • By Encouraging the Programs to Focus on a Single Niche and Educational Service Concept, the Program Flourished
        • Importance of Money in Securing the Basics: Space, Stipends, and Faculty Compensation
        • Program Expectations Guide Students
        • External Program Evaluations Are Real When Financial Dependence Exists
        • Managing the Tension Between Recruiting Experienced Leaders versus Young, Eager Learners
        • It Takes Three Years, Not Two
        • To Create a National Identity, Joint National Meetings Made Sense
        • Analyzing Softer Influences: The Power of a Program to Generate Enthusiasm and Empowerment
        • Success Requires Building on Core Competencies
        • Institutionalization Takes Time and It's Paradoxical
        • The Best Lessons Are Often Unanticipated
    • HIGHLIGHTING COLLECTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRAM IMPACTS
      • Program Sites
        • Fellows
        • Faculty
        • IOM
        • Pew Charitable Trusts
        • Health Policy World
    • ENVISIONING A FUTURE POLICY ROLE FOR PEW FELLOWS
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX A. TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS
    • TABLE OF CONTENTS
      • Telephone Interview with Bill Weissert
      • Telephone Interview with Carroll Estes
      • Telephone Interview with Dennis Beatrice
      • Telephone Interview with Hal Luft
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumnus John McDonough
      • Telephone Interview with Postdoctoral Alumna Lisa Bero
      • Telephone Interview with Leon Wyszewianski
      • Telephone Interview with Postdoctoral Alumnus Mark Legnini
      • Telephone interview with Doctoral Alumna Patricia Butler
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumna Pamela Paul-Shaheen
      • Face-to-Face Interview with Stuart Altman
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumna Sarita Bhalotra
      • Telephone Interview with Stan Wallack
      • Telephone Interview with Marion Ein Lewin
      • Telephone Interview with John Griffith
      • Telephone Interview with Dan Rubin
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumna Joan DaVanzo
      • Telephone Interview with Midcareer Alumnus Terry Hammons
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumnus Jonathan Howland
      • Telephone Interview with Kate Korman
      • Telephone Interview with Steve Crane
      • Telephone Interview with Al Williams
      • Telephone interview with Midcareer Alumna Kathleen Eyre
      • Telephone Interview with Doctoral Alumnus Leighton Ku
      • Face-to-Face Interview with Doctoral Alumna Linda Simoni-Wastila
  • APPENDIX B. CURRICULUM AND COURSE OFFERINGS
    • Curriculum at the University of Michigan
      • Orientational and Instrumental Courses
        • Statistics and Methodology
        • Core Skills and Concepts
        • Public Health Core
        • Dissertation Courses
        • Lessons Learned
      • Course Offerings at the University of Michigan
        • Course Requirements
          • Orientation and Instrumental Courses
          • Computer Instruction
          • Introduction to Health Policy and Research
          • Statistics and Methodology
          • Biostatistics for Clinical Researchers
          • Research and Evaluation Methods in Health Policy
          • Applied Statistics
          • Applied Methodology
          • Core Skills and Concepts
          • Organizational Issues in Health Policy
          • Economics of Health Policies
          • Legal Issues in Health Care Policy
          • Issues in Medical Care Organization and Delivery
          • Politics in Health Care Policy
          • Policy Seminar in Disease Prevention and the Environment
          • Public Health Core
          • Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology
          • Principles of Health Behavior
          • Principles of Environmental Health Sciences
          • Dissertation
          • Dissertation Seminar
          • Dissertation Research for Precandidates
          • Dissertation Research for Doctoral Students
      • Curriculum at UCSF
        • Lessons Learned
      • Course Offerings at UCSF
        • Core Seminar Requirements
          • Health Policy Seminar (eight quarters)
          • The Art and Science of Health Services Research (one quarter)
          • The Writing Seminar (eight quarters)
          • The Journal Club (four quarters)
          • Research Methods (one quarter)
          • Perspectives on Public Policy (one quarter)
          • Translating Research into Policy (one quarter, alternate years)
          • Health Policy Leadership (one quarter, alternate years)
          • Optional Course Work
      • Curriculum at RAND/UCLA
        • Doctoral Programs
        • Midcareer Program
        • Health Policy Workshops
        • Lessons Learned
      • Course Offerings at RAND/UCLA
        • Health Policy Workshops
          • Development, Diffusion, and Regulation of Medical Technology
          • Diffusion of Innovation
          • Technology Assessment
          • Biomedical Research Policy
          • Drug and Device Regulation
          • Objectives of Health Policy
          • Health Status Outcomes
          • Patient Satisfaction
          • Quality of Care
          • The Relationship of Microprocess to Outcome
          • Health Care Financing, Competition, and Regulation
          • Insurance and the Demand for Care
          • Competition (in the Fee-for-Service System) and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
          • Medicare Program and Global Budgeting
          • Special Populations. Access to Health Care for Low-Income Populations (Texts: Reprints pertinent to topics)
        • The Midcareer Core
          • Quantitative Methods
          • Economics in Health Policy Analysis
          • Social Sciences in Health Policy Analysis
      • Curriculum at Brandeis
        • Lessons Learned
      • Course Offerings at Brandeis University
        • Social Science Core Courses
          • Economics Perspectives on Social Policy
          • Political Perspectives an Social Policy
          • Sociological Perspectives on Social Policy
        • Required Health Policy Courses
          • Issues in National Health Policy
          • Health Economics
          • Health Care Organization and Politics
          • Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Health Care
          • Seminar in Health Policy Research
        • Health Policy Core
          • Financing and Payment of Health Care
          • Management of Health Care Organizations
        • Statistics and Research Methods
          • Statistics
          • Research Methods
          • Regression Analysis
          • Econometrics
          • Factor Analysis and Multivariate Design
          • Causal Modeling
          • Other Courses
        • Special Populations and Social Policy
          • Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Health Care
          • Research and Policy Issues in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
          • Long-Term Care Policies and Planning
  • APPENDIX C. UCSF FELLOW-MENTOR ARRANGEMENTS
    • Research Skills
      • Becoming an Independent Researcher
      • Fellow-Preceptor Relationships
      • Summary
      • Questions to Ask of a Mentor
      • Benefits of Mentoring for the Protege
      • What to Look for in Mentors
      • How to Get to Know Potential Mentors
      • Practical Suggestions for a Successful Mentoring Relationship for the Protege
  • APPENDIX D. EXAMPLES OF CAREER TRAJECTORIES
    • Academia — Government (4)
      • Academia — Research (7)
      • Academia — Consulting (4)
      • Academia — Health Care Management (5)
      • Academia — Professional Associations (0)
      • Academia — Other (1)
      • Research — Academia (3)
      • Research — Government (3)
      • Research — Consulting (0)
      • Research — Health Care Management (2)
      • Research — Professional Associations (0)
      • Research — Other (0)
      • Health Care Management — Academia (8)
      • Health Care Management — Research (5)
      • Health Care Management — Government (6)
      • Health Care Management — Consulting (8)
      • Health Care Management — Professional Associations (1)
      • Health Care Management — Other (1)
      • Government — Academia (12)
      • Government — Research (10)
      • Government — Health Care Management (6)
      • Government — Consulting (4)
      • Government — Professional Associations (1)
      • Government — Other (0)
      • Consulting — Academia (4)
      • Consulting — Research (3)
      • Consulting — Health Care Management (0)
      • Consulting — Government (0)
      • Consulting — Professional Associations (0)
      • Consulting — Other (2)
      • Other — Academia (11)
      • Other — Research (1)
      • Other — Governments (3)
      • Other — Consulting (2)
      • Other — Health Care Management (6)
      • Other — Professional Associations (1)

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