Developing management capacity through training: the Mulago Hospital experience.
As part of its rehabilitation, Mulago Hospital, Uganda's national referral, teaching and research hospital, is undertaking a training programme for its staff both in-country and overseas. The focus of the in-country programme has been to develop the hospital's management capacity to cope with increasing responsibilities as a self-accounting unity due to develop its autonomy. Hitherto, the majority of the hospital's senior and middle-level managers are health professionals who have to carry out management functions without relevant training. The programme is managed by a hospital committee and training is conducted by staff who have themselves undergone training overseas or locally. The training programme has resulted in a number of positive changes such as improved teamwork and organizational cohesion. However, as the training is mainly donor funded, its sustainability is not assured.
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Mulago Hospital, Uganda.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003906:Developing Countries; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000193:education*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014454:Uganda