Frontiers: The Future of Health Professions

Mary E. Stefl, Ph.D.; David C. Leach, M.D. and David P. Stevens M.D.; Linda R. Cronenwett, R.N., Ph.D.; G. Ross Baker, Ph.D.

Softbound, 42 pp, Winter 2001, ISSN 0748-8157
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Breakthroughs in technology, evolving reimbursement system, and the call for quality are among the issues that are placing new demands on healthcare practitioners. This issue includes a series of articles that explore the future of health professionals in medicine, nursing, and healthcare administration.

Authors David Leach and David Stevens define the twenty-first century physician and argue that the current healthcare system sabotages patient-physician relationships. Linda Cronenwett, a nursing school dean, discusses the challenge of educating future nurses. Finally, G. Ross Baker elaborates on the special challenges future healthcare managers will face and the skills they will need to drive change in their organizations.

The commentators in this issue have many years of experience in the healthcare profession and presently play an important role in the development of current and future healthcare professionals. Thomas C. Dolan, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives, offers advice that can guide the future of health administration and the health professions in general. Paul Batalden, professor and director of Health Care Improvement Leadership Development at Dartmouth Medical School, encourages readers to think in new directions through a series of probing questions.