Abstract:

Today, health management training, with its increasing interest and importance, has had an important part in training programs in developed countries. Global competition, the purpose of profit and management challenges arising from the structure of health institutions entailed delivery of health institutions to professional health administrators. The aim of this study is to study the historical process of health management training in Turkey. In view of the literature, it is seen that the first health management began in the area of hospital administration. During the Ottoman era, hospital managers were selected from non-physician people.  During that period, all the administrative and financial affairs of a hospital were conducted by “Müdir-i hastane” i.e. a hospital manager. The chief physician of a hospital had a position dealing with patient care and coordination of subordinate physicians. After the proclamation of the Republic, the first school established to train students in the field of management of health institutions was Health Administration High School, which was established within the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Vocational Education on December 19, 1963. Then, this school was assigned to Hacettepe University in 1982, and it has graduated students under the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences ever since.  Now, there are a total of 55 universities providing education at undergraduate level in the field of health management in Turkey. Because of the great importance of health management training for the sector, this study is expected to make a significant contribution to the literature.

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