Educational needs assessment of managers working in teaching and private hospitals

Introduction: hospital managers, as one of the most important health careworkers, are the subject of continuous education. in some countries around theworld, health management education is an important part of health reforms.the aim of present research is to perform evidence-based studies based onassessing hospital managers’ needs. therefore, it should be considered thateducational need assessment regarding hospital managers is essential in today’shealth care management.methods: a total of 26 hospital managers were surveyed using a data gatheringform (questionnaire) including 59 open questions designed in order to obtaindata in 3 different areas. these included managers’ insight towards job dutiesand the capabilities required to fulfill their duty along with educationalneeds determined by managers. the next step involved presenting standarddescription of job duties to hospitals managers and asking them to documenttheir educational needs regarding capabilities required to fulfill their duties.the standard description of job duties originated from iso 9001 certifiedhospitals. for each manager, a score ranging from 0 to 19 was attained. foreach correct matched statement, a positive point was considered and in the caseof unmatched statements, managers received no points.results: out of 26 participating managers, only 20 did state the educationalneeds of hospitals managers. in describing job duties of hospital managers, themean scores regarding hospital managers of public sector was 10.27 while itwas 8 with private hospital managers.conclusion: the findings of our study indicate that hospital managers as theleaders of the most sophisticated health care facilities delivering expensivecomplicated services need proper training regarding job competency. therefore,it seems that continuous need assessment in this area should be carried out.