Social Medicine · MU Sofia

44. Role of the physician in management process; management of medical practice and of disease/health

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Topic 44 of 50 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Social Medicine (Medicine, Years 2 and 3). The free AceMed note covers it in 1 section, about 132 words (1 min of reading), with 11 flashcards.

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  1. Role of the physician in management process. Management of medical practice. Management of disease/health.

Role of the physician in management process. Management of medical practice. Management of disease/health.

Management characterizes the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources

In theory, management consist of four basic activities:

  1. planning: determining what is to be done;
  2. organizing: setting up the framework or apparatus and making it possible for groups to do the work;
  3. communicating: motivating people to do the work;
  4. 4.monitoring (controlling): checking to make sure the work is progressing satisfactorily.

Management has 4 dimensions:

  • The culture, principles and values of management
  • The structure of management
  • The techniques employed by managers
  • The settings, or infrastructure, of management

Type of organization and style of management:

  • Authoritarian organization
  • Participative organization

Models of management:

  • traditional bureaucracy
  • New public management
  • „Japanese“ organization model or „clan“ - „solidarity“ model of organization
  • Professionalism

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