M.D.-M.B.A Joint Program Development

In memoriam: Stephen F. Lowry, MD, MBA.

MD/MBA Students: An Analysis of Medical Student Career Choice.

BACKGROUND An increasing number of medical schools are offering dual degree MD/MBA programs. Career choices and factors influencing students to enter these programs provide an indicator of the roles in which dual degree students will serve in health care as well as the future of dual degree programs. PURPOSE Using career choice theory as a conceptual framework, career goals and factors influe...

Predicting Academic Performance of MBA Program Applicants*

We report on an approach for aiding and strengthening the MBA admissions process that was used at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Multiple regression models were used to make predictions of the academic performance of an applicant, if admitted to the MBA program. Applicants who were predicted to have a “substantial chance” of an inadequate academic performance were consider...

The Combined MS-MBA Program: An Integrated Engineering and Business Approach to Product Development

The University of Tennessee [UT] at Knoxville initiated the innovative dual degree program in the fall of 2001. Its focus is to integrate the skills and knowledge of students studying both engineering and business, and to direct those skills to product development. It permits students, in 23 months, to obtain a Master of Business Administration [MBA] degree and a Master of Science [MS] degree i...

Development of a distant education internet-based foundationcourse for the MBA program

Course development is a task that requires a methodology if it is to result in a cohesive, well organized unit. This paper details the procedures to develop a distant education foundation course for the MBA program. All MBA courses using this methodology are delivered to students enrolled in several universities within the Wisconsin System. INTRODUCTION In the University of Wisconsin system, se...