Effectiveness of health management departments of universities that train health managers in Turkey

✍ Scribed by Sevgul Karagoz; Ali Balci

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0749-6753
• DOI: 10.1002/hpm.854

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this research, it was aimed to examine the effectiveness of health management departments of universities that train health managers in Turkey. The study was taken on hand as comparative in respect to positions (lecturers and students) and variables of universities. Organisational effectiveness was attempted to describe in nine dimensions by being inspired from Cameron's study. Factor analysis was used for construction validity of the scale developed by the researcher. For internal consistency and reliability, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient and item total correlation were applied. A questionnaire was applied on total 207 persons in health management departments that form up the population in Turkey. In analysis of data were descriptive statistics and t‐test used. According to research findings, at university level, lecturers found their departments more effective than their students. The highest effectiveness was perceived at Baskent University (private). In total belonging to each dimension, the perceptions of lecturers realised on a higher level compared to those of students. It was found that the effectiveness, which was the highest dimension, was the organisational health and the ability to acquire source the lowest dimension. Effectiveness level was found to be moderate in general total. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.