Leadership and management training need assessment of health manager in vietnam in 2016

Abstract

Objective: Assess the leadership and management training need of health manager nation-wide based on the core competency framework. Method: The study applied cross-sectional research method. Data was collected from health manager by self-administration questionnaires. Data collection was carried out in 2016 in in person in 7 provices representatives for 7 ecological areas of Vietnam. Data from other provinces was collected via mail and email. Results: Findings from 1749 respondents in the study showed the pretty low level of leadership and management competency of health manager, the proportion of health manager selt-evaluated have enough competency to perform their work was roughly 20%. Leadership and management capacity of director board was higher than middle level manager. There was no statistical difference on the leadership and management competency of staff at district and provincial/central level. More than 65% study participants expressed high demand of training for all 14 leadership and management core competencies. Conclusion: It is essential to develop and provide leadership and management training for health manager in the whole system. However, the programs also needs to be tailoired to be appropriate with the different need of different group of health manager.