title: Competency in health care management: a training model in epidemiologic methods for assessing and improving the quality of clinical practice through evidence-based decision making.
abstract: This article describes a training model that focuses on health care management by applying epidemiologic methods to assess and improve the quality of clinical practice. The model's uniqueness is its focus on integrating clinical evidence-based decision making with fundamental principles of resource management to achieve attainable, cost-effective, high-quality health outcomes. The target students are current and prospective clinical and administrative executives who must optimize decision making at the clinical and managerial levels of health care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hudak
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jacoby
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krakauer
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019468:Disease Management; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006295:Health Resources / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017145:Models, Educational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology