Care Management in Postgraduate Medical Education in the Netherlands: Methods of assessment.

Conditions: Manager, health management, care management, competency, CANMEDS.

Brief Summary: 1. “Medical residents perceptions of the need for management education in the postgraduate curriculum: a preliminary study” J.W.M. Brouns, L. Berkenbosch, F.D. Ploemen-Suijker, I.C. Heyligers, J.O. Busari, Int J Med Educ 2010, 1:76-82 2. “Physicians as managers of health care delivery and the implications for postgraduate medical training: a literature review” J.O. Busari L. Berkenbosch, J.W.M. Brouns, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2011, 23(2): 186-96 3. “How Dutch medical residents perceive their competency as manager in the revised postgraduate medical curriculum” L. Berkenbosch, J.W.M. Brouns, I.C. Heyligers, J.O. Busari, Postgraduate medical journal, 2011,Oct; 87(1032):680-7 4. “How do medical Specialists’ perceive their competency as physician-managers?” M. Bax, L. Berkenbosch, J.O. Busari. International Journal of Medical Education, 2011, 2:133-9 5. "How Dutch medical specialists perceive the competencies and training needs of medical residents in health care management" L. Berkenbosch, M. Bax, I.C. Heyligers, A.M.M. Muijtjens, A.J.J.A. Scherpbier, J.O. Busari, Medical Teacher (in press) 6. “Management and leadership development in health care and the challenges facing physician managers in clinical practice”, J.O. Busari (2012) International journal of clinical leadership (in press).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

1. Medical specialist in teaching hospitals;

2. Experts in the theory and methods of education;

Exclusion Criteria

1. Medical students;

2. Lack of experience in medical of educational fields.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stage 1:<br /><br>Obtain a good understanding of the content and quality of current existing and current used instruments to measure the management competence for residents.<br /><br>Stage 2:<br /><br>Assessment of experts’ perceptions of the current assessment tools and their perceptions of the conditions an instrument must meet to be a reliable, suitable instrument to measure management competence for residents.<br /><br>Stage 3:<br /><br>Obtain a good understanding of the experts’ perceptions of the content and the quality of the current existing and current used instruments to measure management competence and their perceptions of the conditions an instrument must meet to be a reliable, suitable instrument to measure management competence for residents.

Secondary Outcome Measures