title: [What Do (General/Abdominal) Surgeons Need to Know About Project Management?]
abstract: Clinical departments are constantly faced with complex and novel tasks, which have to be managed with suitable approaches. This article describes selected aspects of project management in this context. In particular, it concentrates on the advantages and limitations of project management methods that have been established in industrial companies when used in a clinical setting. Also it compares the daily reality in clinical departments and industrial companies and highlights possible associations between surgery and project management. Besides aspects such as project planning, role definitions within projects and their specific casting in clinics, the article also demonstrates key success factors for an effective implementation of projects and a general introduction to project management in clinics. The article combines theoretical approaches with practical experience and thought-provoking impulses.
authors.affiliation: Managementtraining Ingrid Peters, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A. ö. R., Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education*