Creation of an academic medical centre

Abstract

The Canberra Clinical School is attached to Woden Valley Hospital, the principal hospital in the Australian Capital Territory. The clinical school arose out of a memorandum of understanding signed between the University of Sydney and the ACT Department of Health (as it then was) in March 1993. One of the aspirations of those who negotiated the memorandum of understanding was that the creation of the clinical school would lead to a cultural shift in attitudes towards change within the health care system. This paper looks at the management structure of Woden Valley Hospital and at what the development of a clinical school in Canberra can achieve, particularly in relation to hospital and health service management. Show more