Training of specialists in healthcare management: the importance of competences formation

Aim. To justify the lists and the importance of knowledge, abilities and skills, which healthcare professionals, holding various management positions in health care organizations, should have - the competencies formation (models) profiles development. Methods. Expert interviews of 16 members of organizational departments teaching staff (professional experience in the specialty for at least 10 years) of Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky of Ministry of Health care of Russian Federation were conducted. Results. Based on the competencies presented in the state educational standard for the specialty «Organization of Healthcare and Public Health», the required positions lists of categories «know» - 37, «be able» - 25, «have skills» - 25, are specified. Their importance for structural divisions heads (chiefs) - medical specialists, deputy heads and head physicians (chiefs) of medical organizations - is established. Statistically significant differences are found on the importance of a number of all three categories positions what allowed to develop the appropriate models or profiles of formation. Considered categories lists included positions that have been evaluated by experts as «it is absolutely necessary for successful work in a particular position», «necessary» and «more necessary than not». The last estimate was recorded only in respect of the three positions for the heads (chiefs) of medical institutions structural units in the «have skills» category. Conclusion. The study results can be implemented in the medical institutions daily activities organization, as well as in the educational process of advanced training and medical schools specialists professional retraining faculties.