Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Aug 1996

Partnership between a Veterans Affairs medical center and a podiatric medical college

GA GoreckiPodiatry Section, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, USA.

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DA AlbreskiPodiatry Section, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, USA.

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https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-86-8-376
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The health care academic delivery system is dramatically changing in today's economy. In order to survive, the delivery system must decrease its costs and increase productivity. Integration of academic affiliates and community health care facilities has produced a more efficient health care system and improved medical education. The formation and methodology of the mutual benefits and responsibilities between a health care system and a college of podiatric medicine are examined in detail. Developing unique sharing partnerships can mutually improve medical student experiences, reduce financial burdens, combine joint research projects, and ultimately improve patient care.