This practicum was performed to establish a model whereby a health planning organization, a hospital association, and a university can work together to meet the needs of each organization and the community. This model establishes a vehicle for learning experiences for physicians, trustees, and administrators in selected hospitals to assist them in the development of three-year operational plans required by Federal legislation. Significant health, social service, and higher education legislation passed since 1920 was reviewed to determine its primary and/or secondary impact on health manpower teaching programs in institutions of higher learning. This report recommends that the health planning organization, the hospital association, and the university collectively plan to meet identified community needs as they relate to comprehensive three-year operational organizational plans. Appendixes include the significant health and social service legislation passed by Congress since 1918 and significant higher education legislation enacted since 1920. (Author/MJK)