Assessment of management education and training for healthcare providers in the Slovak Republic.

The authors' purpose of this study was to analyze the current system of healthcare managers' education in the Slovak Republic. The study was essentially qualitative and used a triangular approach. This included an analysis of the range of healthcare management education providers, an assessment of needs that was based on questionnaires distributed to a sample of top managers in hospitals, and a focus group discussion. The findings revealed a gap between the estimated needs and the current capacities for management education. The results serve as a baseline for a discussion of future management training and education for healthcare providers in the Slovak Republic.