Executive Affairs Deputy Minister, Dr. Mansour Al Hawasi will launch the activities of the Hospital Directors' Skills Development Training Program organized by the General Directorate of Hospitals in cooperation with General Directorate for Training and Scholarship to (100-150 beds) hospitals on 8/1/2011 at 9:30 am in the Tulip inn Riyadh.
This was stated by Director General for Hospitals, Dr. Abdul Aziz Hamed Al-Ghamdi. He indicated that this program will be within the framework of MOH efforts to improve work at its hospitals and the comprehensive plan to develop hospital director's performance. This plan aims to provide them with the basics of hospital management and the needed skills to run their hospitals. That is by introducing them to the management basics, the main principles of health care quality, strategic planning concept, elements and obstacles, change management, performance evaluating methods in addition to the management role in accrediting hospitals. Moreover, it also aims to provide them with the effective director main skills (solving problems - making decisions – communication and medical consultation skills – team leading - effective director skills and characteristics)
Dr. Al-Ghamdi clarified that workshops will be organized with MOH General Directorates' managers and leaders to identify these directorates' tasks and solve hospital directors' problems and answer the questions. He also indicated that 25 directorates from 8 health regions will participate in this course.
They will be trained by a distinguish group of trainers specialized in hospitals management and human development. In addition, a number of MOH general directors will attend the workshops in order to provide notes and directions and to answer their questions.