THE TOOLKIT FOR STUDYING THE VIEW OF DERMATOVENEREOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM

Authors

  • T. S. Gruzieva O. Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • V. V. Korolenko O. Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.3.11627

Keywords:

organization of medical care, dermatovenereological profile, personnel, tools, sociological research, professional development, working conditions, resource provision, COVID-19, reform

Abstract

Purpose: identification of prospective directions for improving medical care for the population and substantiation of tools for studying the view of dermatovenereological specialists on their professional activities in the context of healthcare reform.

Materials and Methods. The bibliographic, medical-statistical, information-analytical methods are used. The sources used were scientific literature data, strategies and programs of WHO, WHO/Europe, regulating the organization of health services delivery and ensuring their quality; data of the Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

Results. The medical and social research  identified  modern problems and strategic directions for improving healthcare services for the population in relation to the overall health services coverage, taking into account the challenges and threats, contemporary demographic, epidemiological contexts, etc.

Trends in the incidence and prevalence of diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue among the population of Ukraine, changes in the provision of the population with dermatovenerological specialists in the period 2000–2017 were revealed.

The toolkit has been substantiated for studying the opinions of dermatovenereologists on professional activities in the context of healthcare reform, including demographic, economic, medical, industrial, resource, educational, informational questions, as well as those about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working conditions and the results of the work, about the existing problems and needs.

Conclusions. Conducting a sociological study among dermatovenereological professionals using the proposed tools will contribute to clarify the problematic issues of their professional activities in the context of healthcare reform, vision of development prospects, and will justify the directions and measures to improve the organization of the provision of dermatovenerological care.

Author Biographies

T. S. Gruzieva, O. Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

DM (Medicine), Professor, Head of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health of O. Bohomolets National Medical University

V. V. Korolenko, O. Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Master of Public Administration in the field of health care, doctoral student of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, O. Bohomolets National Medical University

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2020-12-23

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Gruzieva, T. S., & Korolenko, V. V. (2020). THE TOOLKIT FOR STUDYING THE VIEW OF DERMATOVENEREOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 82–88. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.3.11627

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No. 3 (2020)

Section

Organization of medical care

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