SHOULD HOSPITAL DIRECTORS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS PERFORM CLINICAL WORK?
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https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.5/no.1/art.2259Keywords:
Hospital Director, Public Hospital, clinical work, competencyAbstract
A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the perception of Hospital Directors in performing clinical duties. This was done through a postal survey which was conducted covering alt public hospitals in Malaysia. The majority of Hospital Directors had read the circular at the time of the study and agreed to do clinical work besides managerial duties. Before the issuance of the directive, the majority of those directors were already doing some clinical work. However they disagreed that by doing clinical work they could help overcome the problem of shortage of doctors. They agreed that the duration of IO hours per week is suitable to do clinical duties. In term of confidence in giving curative treatment, the Hospital Directors especially those from district hospitals without specialists were confident in giving curative care to individuals. As for the clinicians, the majority felt that the implementation of the directive for Hospital Directors to do clinical work will not disrupt the clinicians' routine duties.
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