Article
A Proposed Methodology for the Infrastructure Development of NASPAA Programs with Specialty Tracks: The Case of Health Policy and Management
Journal of Public Affairs Education
(2006)
Abstract
The development of health specialty tracks within NASPAA is traced using a conceptual framework—the Specialty Track Model (STM), which was developed to describe a current phenomenon occurring within NASPAA sections: the evolutionary process from an informally expressed interest to formal recognition of that interest. It is a series of six well-defined phases tracing the specialty track’s development as a progression of events through specified sequential activities: (1) interest and growth; (2) formal recognition; (3) preliminary framing; (4) profile development; (5) benchmarking for practice standards; and (6) guideline development and/or accreditation procedures. The model presented here serves as a framework to guide the infrastructure building process and involves internal and external stakeholders, program directors, faculty and students, and allied professional associations. The specialty track model is used to chronicle the growth and evolution of a specialty track; we also provide recommendations for future uses of the model and its applicability to other areas within professional organizations and in academe.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.1080/15236803.2006.12001422
Citation Information
Anne Hewitt, Brenda Stevenson Marshall and Kent H. Badger. "A Proposed Methodology for the Infrastructure Development of NASPAA Programs with Specialty Tracks: The Case of Health Policy and Management" Journal of Public Affairs Education Vol. 12 Iss. 2 (2006) p. 125 - 141 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anne-hewitt/6/