The questions now become. Have
mid- and senior-level managers been
keeping pace with changing demands?
Are healthcare academic programs attracting
sufficient numbers of students '
and adequately preparing them to operate
effectively in this dynamic environ- '
ment? These concerns were the focus of
the 2001 National Summit on the Future
of Fducation and Practice in Health '
Management and Policy. Principally
fiinded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, this conference brought
together practitioners, policymakers,
and educators to examine the effectiveness
of healthcare administration and
the role of academic preparation and
continuing professional development
in tackling the current and future challenges
of healthcare delivery.