title: [How much business management does a surgeon need?].
abstract: The present day healthcare system in Germany is rapidly changing, even more so after the introduction of diagnosis-related groups. The basic requirements for every surgeon remain manual skills, a profound clinical knowledge and the ability for clinical decision-making even in difficult situations. However, these key elements of surgical education no longer fulfill the requirements for today's leaders in surgery. New requirements, consisting of administrative duties, strategic decision-making and department management are too complex to be made only intuitively. Nowadays surgeons also need a profound education in management skills and knowledge of economic mechanisms in order to run an efficient, profitable, patient-oriented surgical department. Every surgeon who aims at obtaining a leadership position should acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bork
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Büchler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weitz
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*