1Senior Resident, Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, Chandigarh
2Professor, Medical Superintendent cum Head, Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, Chandigarh
There is increasing public awareness about medical science and practicing it within the legal and ethical ambit today, needs continuous updation about the laws applicable to hospitals. Realising the need, a workshop focussing on the more commonly practiced laws applicable to hospitals was organized. This study was conducted to assess the satisfaction and knowledge gain of the delegates and to improve future training programs.
Participant satisfaction survey and prepost knowledge assessment surveys were conducted. Data analysis was done by using Likert scale and SPSS, by comparing differences in mean scores between before and after.
The study revealed that amongst 65 delegates, 38.5% were in the age group of 50- 60 years with 76.9% males. The delegates comprised of senior functionaries including Medical Superintendents (15.5%) Joint, Assistant and Deputy Directors, (7.6%), Chief Medical Officers(13.8%) etc. The overall Experience was rated as very good by 66% delegates. The pre post tests depicted the overall gain in the post test knowledge score as 78.3% with highly significant p values.
The public is very aware and knowledgeable about health related matters. It is thus essential for health and hospital administrators to keep themselves updated. This CME was organized with this objective and resulted in 78% improved knowledge score of the participants.
Laws and Hospitals, Workshop, Case Studies, Pre Post Knowledge Score, Knowledge Gain
