title: Suggestions for management training of residents.
abstract: In addition to having medical expertise, physicians must possess managerial skills to deal with the ever-changing business environment of the practice of medicine. This article addresses the need for management training of physicians and calls for management training during residency and medical school. It also describes one residency program's efforts to provide comprehensive management training to its residents in pathology.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008922:Mississippi; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010336:Pathology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States