The Effect of Socio-Cultural Characteristics on the Effectiveness of Teamwork: A Study in the Gülhane Military Medical Faculty Training Hospital

Abstract

The study was conducted in 34 departments/divisions within the GMMF Training Hospital with 423 health workers. "Specialist opinion" was used to determine the content validity of the "Teamwork Effectiveness Scale" developed for this study, while "factor analysis" was used to test the scale's construct validity. Cronbach Alpha values were calculated to test the reliability of the scale. To determine the effect of socio-cultural characteristics on the effectiveness of teamwork, the "Kruskal-Wallis" test, the "Mann-Whitney U" test and "Logistic Regression Analysis" were used within the context of the study. Based on the study results, it was observed that "assignment, "age" and "status" did not have an effect on the effectiveness of teamwork (p > 0.05). On the other hand, a significant and negative relationship was observed between "the obligation to perform compulsory service" and the attitudes that considered teamwork to be effective (p = 0.029). Similarly, a difference was identified between the workers' attitudes towards the effectiveness of teamwork depending on the size of the place of assignment (p = 0,042). It was thus observed that the "effectiveness of teamwork" was affected by the presence or absence of the "obligation to perform compulsory service" and by the "size of the place of assignment.

Job Satisfaction of Pediatric Infectious Disease Physicians

“…Job satisfaction in terms of job attitude has been extensively searched in organizational behavior literature (3). There are many theories conceptualized oriented at examining job satisfaction.…”

“…Job satisfaction is crucial for healthcare institutions. In this respect, job satisfaction of the physicians has vital importance since they are one of the significant production factors of a healthcare institution (3). When considered in terms of individuals working in healthcare, it is evident that job satisfaction is more important due to the fact that healthcare services focus on humans and necessitate constant attention and work (13).…”

“…Provided that physicians are satisfied with their jobs and workplaces, patients can receive care at the highest quality. Therefore, physician satisfaction is a critical subject both for the patients and for healthcare management authorities and physicians themselves (3). There is a limited number of studies reporting job satisfaction rates of pediatric physicians in the literature; and besides, we could not find any study reporting job satisfaction rates of pediatric infectious diseases physicians (2,3,6).…”

“…Healthcare institutions possess complex organizational systems and represent settings where staff from various professional groups co-operate and provide services constantly. Features of healthcare services vary and are distinctive; among these features are the series of activities that are manifold when compared to other service areas, higher number of problems faced when providing these services and their complex nature, higher expectations regarding outcomes, and the ability to obtain effective results medically (3). Physicians are healthcare workers trained to obtain history, perform thorough physical examinations, interpret laboratory and radiologic examinations, practice diagnostic and treatment methods, establish a diagnosis and commence a treatment (4).…”

Çocuk Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Hekimlerinin İş Doyumu

“…Hekimler iş ortamında ve yaptıkları işten memnun kaldığında, hastalar daha yüksek kalitede bakım alabilirler. Bu nedenle, hekim memnuniyeti hem hastalar hem de sağlık yöneticileri ve hekimlerin kendileri için kritik bir konudur (3). Literatürde çocuk hekimlerinin iş doyumu konusunda sınırlı sayıda çalışma bildirilmiş olmakla birlikte çocuk enfeksiyon hastalıkları hekimlerinin iş doyumu ile ilgili herhangi bir çalışmaya ulaşamadık (2,3,6).…”