Respondents: Nordic medical faculty deans and university hospital directors 44 % replies

1. NRI Survey on: Cooperation between universities and university hospitalsOn behalf of NRI:Lars Hvilsted RasmussenDirector of Research Aalborg University Hospital, Head of Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University

2. The survey • Respondents: • Nordic medical faculty deans and university hospital directors • 44 % replies • Replies are almost equal in all the Nordic countries • Position: • 40% Medical faculty deans • 40% University hospital directors • 20% Regional hospital leaders • Institutiongroups: • 40% Medical faculties • 45% University hospitals • 15% Regional health authorities

3. Integration between universities and university hospitals? •  Physically: • Few are fully integrated • More than half are moderately integrated

4. Integration between universities and university hospitals? • Administration: • 75 % have a low degree of administrative integration

5. Integration between universities and university hospitals? • Finance: • 90 % have little or no financial integration

6. Integration between universities and university hospitals? • Management: • 45 % representatives from the university in the board of the university hospital • 60 % representatives from the university hospital in the board of the university

7. Information • Half of the respondents feel that they are poorly informed about their collaborating institution • Informal information • is regarded as most important

8. Important factors to optimize the relationship between the faculty/hospital

9. Cooperation – status and importance

10. Summary of the survey • Management • 60% University Hospital representation in faculty boards • 45% University Faculty representation in hospital boards

11. Summary of the survey • Cooperation • between university hospitals and medical faculties is very important • More than 90% evaluates that cooperation is crucial • Only half considers it to function optimal • Interest for improvement

12. Summary of the survey • Common strategies is important and needed

13. Summary of the survey • Physical integration is important • There is an interest in further physical integration

14. Summary of the survey • Informal and formal meetings between university hospitals and medical faculties is important • Informal more important than formal

15. My conclusion • Collaboration betweenuniversity hospitals and medicalfaculties in the Nordic countries is evaluated by deans and directors to beveryimportant • The Deans and Directors Meeting couldbe a forum for furtherimprovement