title: A postgraduate training course to prepare doctors for decision-making related to health authorities' computing services.
abstract: A training course which has been developed for doctors in public health medicine is described. Its underlying purpose was to create an appreciation of general management principles to ensure that resources would be directed to computing which supports patient care. This course could be adapted for computer training of experienced doctors in other branches of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bewley
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003657:Decision Making; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D008131:London