Assessment of management education and training for healthcare providers in the Slovak Republic. From: Hospital Topics | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Rusnakova, Viera; Bacharova, Ljuba; Boulton, George; Hlavacka, Svatopluk; West, Daniel J., Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract. The authors' purpose of this study was to analyze the current system of healthcare managers' education in the Slovak Republic. The study was essentially qualitative and used a triangular approach. This included an analysis of the range of healthcare management education providers, an assessment of needs that was based on questionnaires distributed to a sample of top managers in hospitals, and a focus group discussion. The findings revealed a gap between the estimated need...