title: Assessment of management education and training for healthcare providers in the Slovak Republic.
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 needs and the current capacities for management education. The results serve as a baseline for a discussion of future management training and education for healthcare providers in the Slovak Republic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Slovak Medical University.
authors.forename: Viera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rusnakova
authors.forename: Ljuba
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bacharova
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boulton
authors.forename: Svatopluk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hlavacka
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education*; D011332:Privatization; D011361:Professional Competence; D018154:Slovakia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires