From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change
Background: The usual scenario for change management in the medical education field is an academic institution creating a patient care facility. The opposite change is however rather rare and challenging. There is not much in the medical education literature on experiences of change management that...
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King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
2015-12-01
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| author | Hanan M. Al-Kadri Ibrahim A. Al Alwan Mohamed S. Al-Moamary Youssef A. Al Eissa Bandar A. Al Knawy |
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| description | Background: The usual scenario for change management in the medical education field is an academic institution creating a patient care facility. The opposite change is however rather rare and challenging. There is not much in the medical education literature on experiences of change management that provides sufficient support to readers who are involved in such process of change.
Methods: We analyzed the experience of a clinical institution that has changed into an academic one. The methods used were archival analysis and interviews with those involved. The raw data were analyzed using a framework derived from the change management literature.
Results: Despite the complex change and the use of a directive change strategy, the change managers׳ strategic thinking and timely use of different change strategies have helped in eliminating the initial change difficulties. The directive change strategy was turned into an advantage that has facilitated quick implementation.
Conclusion: A directive change strategy is not always a disadvantageous method leading to chaos in the process of change. The educational change management experience gained by King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences can be considered a model for other clinical institutions changing into academic ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a78c3e6d37804c2a81bf7ed1cbb6ac392023-01-02T18:48:03ZengKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesHealth Professions Education2452-30112015-12-011141110.1016/j.hpe.2015.11.001From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational ChangeHanan M. Al-KadriIbrahim A. Al AlwanMohamed S. Al-MoamaryYoussef A. Al EissaBandar A. Al KnawyBackground: The usual scenario for change management in the medical education field is an academic institution creating a patient care facility. The opposite change is however rather rare and challenging. There is not much in the medical education literature on experiences of change management that provides sufficient support to readers who are involved in such process of change. Methods: We analyzed the experience of a clinical institution that has changed into an academic one. The methods used were archival analysis and interviews with those involved. The raw data were analyzed using a framework derived from the change management literature. Results: Despite the complex change and the use of a directive change strategy, the change managers׳ strategic thinking and timely use of different change strategies have helped in eliminating the initial change difficulties. The directive change strategy was turned into an advantage that has facilitated quick implementation. Conclusion: A directive change strategy is not always a disadvantageous method leading to chaos in the process of change. The educational change management experience gained by King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences can be considered a model for other clinical institutions changing into academic ones.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301115000024Change managementChange strategyAcademic institutionClinical institutionComplexity theory |
| spellingShingle | Hanan M. Al-Kadri Ibrahim A. Al Alwan Mohamed S. Al-Moamary Youssef A. Al Eissa Bandar A. Al Knawy From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change Health Professions Education Change management Change strategy Academic institution Clinical institution Complexity theory |
| title | From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change |
| title_full | From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change |
| title_fullStr | From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change |
| title_short | From Clinical Center to Academic Institution: An Example of How to Bring About Educational Change |
| title_sort | from clinical center to academic institution an example of how to bring about educational change |
| topic | Change management Change strategy Academic institution Clinical institution Complexity theory |
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