Authors : Suresh Chari, Madhur Gupta, Shubhada Gade
Volume : 8
Issue : 17
Year : 2016
Page No : 04-09
Context: Heads of department in a medical college are required to be fully trained to assume administrative roles. Unfortunately the medical education curriculum is silent on these issues and it is left to the teacher to learn these skills either by shadowing or by self-experience while on the job. Literature is also scarce on a defined validated curriculum for holding such workshops. Aims: To develop and validate a curriculum for administrative skills workshop for departmental heads of medical college. Settings and Design: Initial first draft of the curriculum was prepared based on the experience and knowledge of the mentors and the author. This was circulated to 7 experts (three deans of medical college, 2 management experts, and two heads of corporate hospitals) for their comments and suggestions on the duration, content and method of delivery. Telephonic conversation, conference calls and email discussion with them was extensively done to come to a consensus. This final draft was sent back to the experts as a last phase of validation. Results and Conclusion: The study in all probabilities demonstrates the first validated curriculum for conduct of a two day workshop on administrative skills for thirty head of departments in a medical college. This is the need of the hour since a head of department in a medical college in India has to struggle to meet the administrative needs of the organization Key Words: Administrative skills, Head of department, Medical college Key Messages: A validated need based curriculum on administrative skills for head of departments in a medical college is the need of the hour.