This paper compares costs for caring for patients according to common diagnosis groups in Australian public teaching, public non-teaching and private hospitals. Generally, the costs for general surgical procedures are highest in public teaching hospitals, followed by public non-teaching hospitals, and are lowest in private hospitals. However, the private sector is more expensive than the public...

introduction: professional ethics is a very important issue for managers who are role models for students and staff. it can also be very effective in organizational activities. the main objective of this research is to describe the result of managers’ self assessment in shiraz teaching hospitals. methods: the present research is a cross-sectional study. the statistical society of this research ...

At the time of writing, the author was a modern matron in a surgical division of an NHS teaching hospital in London. This article considers the differences between leadership and management, and discusses the skills required by modern matrons to lead safe and successful clinical services. It also examines three leadership styles - transactional, transformational and situational - and their rele...

The current research aimed to investigate the link between the quality of working life and the systematic commitment of nurses in the teaching hospitals in Tabriz. The methodology used was functional regarding the purpose and the proportional allocation as far as the stratified sampling method was concerned. The study population consisted of all the nurses in Tabriz. The instrument used in this...

In 1921 Sir Berkeley Moynihan invited 28 surgeons to come to Leeds with the intention of forming a club of members 'in practice not associated with teaching hospitals'. In 1909 he had founded a similar club to unite surgeons practising in provincial teaching hospitals and the success of this club encouraged him in the new venture. These two Moynihan foundations may have been the first travellin...

The Surgery Department of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine is profiled in this article, including history, goals, opportunities, and demographics. Our research programs, clinical resources, teaching hospitals, and faculty diversity are reviewed. The local and national contributions of our faculty members and 212 chief residents who have completed our program are enumerated.