The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education

The 'learn ing organ isation' is a co ncept first described by peter senge as an orga nisat ion where people continuouslylearn and enhance th eir capabilities to create. it consists of five main discipl ines: team learning, shared vision, mental mod els, personal mastery and systems thin king. these disciplin es are dynami c and int er act with each other. system th ink ing is th e corners toneof a tru e learning organisation and is describ ed as th e dis cipline use d to implem ent the disciplines. in a learn ing organisation, healthcare educat ion aims to educate its members with up to date knowledge to produce competent and safe personnel, who can promotequ ality in health care services . in add it ion, th er e are some educa tional con cepts and theoreti cal models, which are of relevan ce toth e learning organi sation, and can provide a framewor k for manage rial decision s. the sta ges required to achieve th e prin ciples of alearn ing organisation will be described in det ail. mor eover, in a proper culture which suppo rts th e learning orga nisation, memberscontinuously learn to improve th e environme nt and never remain passive recipient s.