Management in medicine the novel way: internships for heads of medical institutions

Healthcare reform in Russia has been going on for over a decade. Matters of healthcare system effectiveness, the use of managerial technologies, shaping the environment for conducting the reform and personnel development are still an open issue. In shaping managerial strategies the leaders of healthcare system, Chief physicians of Moscow medical institutions are taking account of not only Russia’s own, but also foreign best practices. Moscow Metropolitan Governance Yury Luzhkov University has set up a system of foreign study trips for heads of medical institutions, and is swimmingly realizing exchanges of managerial practices among Moscow doctors and their colleagues in various countries. Study trips help develop skills of constructive course of action under situations of uncertainty, uphold motivation for acquiring new knowledge, develop ability to evaluate results through diverse perceptional channels. It is this approach that allows to move ahead and use newly acquired knowledge for the benefit of national medical organizations.