Percezione delle conoscenze e dei bisogni formativi in tema di management medico da parte dei medici in formazione specialistica in igiene e sanità pubblica in Italia

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Perception of medical management knowledge and training needs by specialists in hygiene and public health training in Italy

Andrea Silenzi, Alessandra Buja, C Bertoncello, Maria Lucia Specchia, C Lion, G Franchino, Agnese Lazzari, Vincenzo Baldo, Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani

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Abstract

[Autom. eng. transl.] INTRODUCTION: According to most of the most recent international literature on the subject of medical education in Public Health, given the rapid evolution of health systems and the challenges linked to their complexity and sustainability, it is necessary to offer doctors in specialized training in this field of content that prepares them to be effective leaders and doctor-managers able to manage complex financial, regulatory and operational problems, facing the challenges that will mark health care, public health research and the interface with policy making openly . The purpose of the study is to determine the perception of physicians in specialist training (Specializing students) enrolled in Italy at the Specialization Schools in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (Public Health) regarding the knowledge and training needs in the field of Medical Management (MM) in the field of the post-graduate training course in health area specialization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between March and September 2011 in which an anonymous questionnaire was given to all doctors specializing in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine of Italian Schools. The questionnaire, composed of 33 items, was structured as follows: 1) initial part with short questions aimed at defining the socio-demographic characteristics of the interviewee; 2) questions regarding general aspects such as knowledge of English and the use of information and communication technologies; 3) the experience gained during the specialization school in MM and, finally, 4) questions aimed at exploring the perceived need for training in MM in Public Health. RESULTS: Twenty-five (78.1%) of the thirty-two Italian specialization schools contacted took part in the survey and 299 graduates from 535 (55.9%) completed the questionnaire. The average age of the participants was 32.4 years (SD ± 4.5) and 65.9% was female. Ninety-four residents (31.4%) at the time of the study were attending the first year of the course, 41 (13.7%) were in the second year, 52 (17.4) in the third and 112 (37.5%) in the fourth . More than half of the postgraduates (even among those who were attending the last year of the specialization course during the course of the administration) stated that they had not received any teaching concerning the management of gender medicine in public health and socio-medical marketing. The questionnaire reveals that more than 40% of the trainees who were attending the last year of the course felt the need for further training in all areas of MM, especially regarding the organization of health services and human resources management. CONCLUSIONS: Public health leaders have recently been criticized for not having trained the next generation of public health practitioners to address the needs and challenges of the complexity of a discipline that, in the age of globalization, needs to further expand your range of action towards a planetary health. In Italy, the challenges of sustainability of regional health systems and the National Health Service require the training of public health specialists who are leaders capable of leading the processes both in terms of system governance and production governance. The results of this study show that not all the subjects of MM had been fully addressed during the four years of post-graduate training in our sample. In particular, it can be seen that the issues of MM that received less attention in the training plan of Italian public health schools were strategies for the reduction of socio-health inequalities and socio-health marketing. Overall, the graduates who responded
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Perception of medical management knowledge and training needs by specialists in hygiene and public health training in Italy
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationATTI del 47° Congresso Nazionale SItI - Comunicazioni brevi
Pages334-335
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event47° Congresso Nazionale SItI - Riccione
Duration: 1 Oct 20144 Oct 2014

Conference

Conference47° Congresso Nazionale SItI
CityRiccione
Period1/10/144/10/14

Keywords

  • formazione specialistica
  • igiene e sanità pubblica

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