Ballweg R, Wick K H
MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Training Program, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA.
J Allied Health. 1999 Winter;28(4):220-5.
Decentralized training for the didactic portion of allied health programs has been assessed for its ability to increase the likelihood that graduates will practice in underserved areas. The question still remains whether these distant sites provide an education that is comparable to that offered at the main campuses. Exams and final grades for all classes over the course of five years at MEDEX Northwest in Seattle were compared to determine whether there was any major discrepancy between the main training location and the decentralized sites. With the exception of three individual cases, overall academic performances in all training sites were comparable. This suggests that programs employing some of the curricular and administrative controls in place at MEDEX Northwest can achieve a parity in education across their various training sites.
针对联合健康项目教学部分的分散式培训，已对其提高毕业生在服务欠缺地区执业可能性的能力进行了评估。这些偏远地点所提供的教育是否与主校区相当，这一问题仍然存在。对西雅图的西北医学教育项目（MEDEX Northwest）五年间所有课程的考试及最终成绩进行了比较，以确定主要培训地点与分散式培训地点之间是否存在重大差异。除了三个个别案例外，所有培训地点的总体学业表现相当。这表明，采用西北医学教育项目（MEDEX Northwest）所实施的一些课程和管理控制措施的项目，能够在其各个培训地点实现教育质量的均等。
