Practitioner-teacher model


The modern history of the practitioner-teacher model dates from 1972, when Rush-Presbyterian-St.-Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, established Rush University, a health sciences university that was designed to be a fully integrated subsidiary of the medical center. This unique structure was dubbed the 'practitioner teacher model,' in that all aspects of the university were operated by the full-time practitioners - clinicians and administrators - who ran the medical center.

Features

Several features differentiate practitioner-teacher model programs from more traditional, academically-based universities:
Graduates of practitioner-teacher programs are also far more likely to enter into applied and/or clinical settings upon graduation, rather than continuing on into theoretical or research-oriented programs.