Anatomy in public health practice

In the article attention is paid to the necessity to draw nearer morphological investigations to the problems of practical medicine. These investigations are especially important during the period of the health protection reorganization. Short annotations of some scientific-practical works are presented. Some of them ground rational and merciful surgical interventions, anatomical interpretation of new operative methods, others--disclose material bases of certain links, mechanism of potential compensatory-adaptive possibilities and plastic properties of organs. The necessity is stressed to investigate, in the process of biological modelling, the structural dynamics at various level of its organization.     

Physicians in health care management: 1. Physicians as managers: roles and future challenges.

Physicians are increasingly expected to assume responsibility for the management of human and financial resources in health care, particularly in hospitals. Juggling their new management responsibilities with clinical care, teaching and research can lead to conflicting roles. However, their presence in management is crucial to shaping the future health care system. They bring to management positions important skills and values such as observation, problem-solving, analysis and ethical judgement. To improve their management skills physicians can benefit from management education programs such as those offered by the Physician-Manager Institute and several Canadian universities. To manage in the future environment they must increase their knowledge and skills in policy and political processes, financial strategies and management, human resources management, systems and program quality improvement and organizational design.