Six steps ease town-gown battle for educators and practitioners.

During the past 30 years, a "town-gown" conflict between health administration practice and education has evolved that parallels the situation between medical education and practice. The conflict has come about as a result of the change from practitioner-dominated education to education that is controlled by full-time university faculty. Six steps are proposed to bring the practitioners and the educators into harmony, using the medical education model as a base for professional preparation of master's degree graduates in health services administration.