Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)

Korean Society of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회)
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The Level of Expertise of Hospital Administrators in Korea

우리나라 병원 행정인력의 전문성 수준 분석

  • Ahn, Sang-Yoon (Department of Hospital Management, Konyang University) ;
  • Suh, Won-Sik (Department of Health Care Management, Gachon University)
  • 안상윤 (건양대학교 의과학대학 병원경영학과) ;
  • 서원식 (가천대학교 헬스케어경영학과)
  • Received : 2014.08.20
  • Accepted : 2014.09.19
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

This research is designed to analyze the professionalism of administrators working in Korean hospitals as a way to make them a better expertise in the industry. For this purpose, we conducted a survey of 105 administrative professionals working in hospitals nationwide and statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS Windows version 15.0. The survey questions were developed based on the Spencer & Spencer's results of research in expertise variables. The results showed that the current Korean hospital administrator do have short of expertise required for their job position. Therefore, the curriculum reform is required for healthcare management programs in college and the Korean College of Hospital Administrators (KCHA) is required to change the contents of license exam based on the results of the study.

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