%0 Journal Article
%T Need assessment about managerial education in managers and chief experts of Health Vice-Chancellery of Medical Sciences Universities in Iran
%A Mohammad Esmail Motlagh
%A Davood Nasrollahpour Shirvani
%A Mohammad Reza Maleki
%A Ibrahim Salmani Nodoushan
%J Journal of Community Health Research
%D 2013
%I Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
%X Introduction: Identifying training needs and implementing appropriate courses is one of the important steps to empower managers and experts specialists. This has the most important role in improving organizational performance. In this study, considering the importance of training programs effectiveness, the training needs of managers and experts and their relation to individual and institutional factors was determined in the Health Departments of Universities of Health and Medical Sciences. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in spring 2010. Communities of this research were the staff of Universities' Health Departments in the field of Health Deputy. They were selected from 13 universities by random systematic and stratified methods. All available directors and experts were responsibly elected and interviewed as the census. The questionnaire included individual and organizational variables and 28 management topics that confirmed validity and reliability. Results: In total 293 managers and expert specialists were studied, the average require education based on 26 (92.9 %) out of 28 subjects review, was respectively more than 3.5 (total score 5). Declaring level of training needs in a few cases had significant difference with type of universities, sex, age, work experience, educational level, MPH courses, headquarters units and the current location of the people. (P<0.05) Conclusion: According to the very high level of announced requirements, it is suggested to have short term and long term management training courses.
%K Needs assessment
%K Health Facility Administrators
%K Allied Health Personnel
%K Education.
%U http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-35&slc_lang=en&sid=1