title: An internet-based simulation system for training and development of regional-healthcare-centers managers.
abstract: RHCMS (Regional Healthcare Center Management System) is an Internet-based simulation training system for Regional Healthcare-Centers (RHCs) managers. The system is based on an integrative model, designed and developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts, for the purpose of training and developing RHCs' managers. This model involves the study of the following fields: healthcare management, business administration, organizational behavior, health economics, management science, and information technologies. The simulation system enables the operation of a management decision-making game. In the game, teams of trainees, playing management teams of RHCs, within one specific community, compete among themselves. The simulation focuses on managerial performance, based on periodic team-decisions, within the internal and external environmental context. The simulation game has a major potential contribution in enabling management trainees to transfer theoretical knowledge into managerial practical tools, capabilities and skills.
authors.affiliation: The College of Management, Academic Studies, 75190 Rishon-LeZion, Israel. dudibreg@colman.ac.il
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bregman
authors.forename: Arik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korman
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shetach
authors.forename: Nira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shalom
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet