title: Development of a standardized job description for healthcare managers of metabolic syndrome management programs in Korean community health centers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to develop a job description for healthcare managers of metabolic syndrome management programs using task analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory research was performed by using the Developing a Curriculum method, the Intervention Wheel model, and focus group discussions. Subsequently, we conducted a survey of 215 healthcare workers from 25 community health centers to verify that the job description we created was accurate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We defined the role of healthcare managers. Next, we elucidated the tasks of healthcare managers and performed needs analysis to examine the frequency, importance, and difficulty of each of their duties. Finally, we verified that our job description was accurate. Based on the 8 duties, 30 tasks, and 44 task elements assigned to healthcare managers, we found that the healthcare managers functioned both as team coordinators responsible for providing multidisciplinary health services and nurse specialists providing health promotion services. In terms of importance and difficulty of tasks performed by the healthcare managers, which were measured using a determinant coefficient, the highest-ranked task was planning social marketing (15.4), while the lowest-ranked task was managing human resources (9.9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A job description for healthcare managers may provide basic data essential for the development of a job training program for healthcare managers working in community health promotion programs.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Youngjin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.affiliation: Health Insurance Policy Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeonghyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Seojeong College, Gyeonggido, South Korea.
authors.forename: So-Nam
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Eun
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: seomun@korea.ac.kr.
authors.forename: GyeongAe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seomun
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003151:Community Health Centers; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description / Q000592:standards*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D000078329:Workforce; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: community health centers; healthcare; job description; metabolic syndrome X