Effectiveness of health management departments of universities that train health managers in Turkey

This research has [corrected] aimed to examine the effectiveness of the health management departments of universities which [corrected] train health managers in Turkey. The study compares - for lecturers and students - nine variables of organisational effectiveness [corrected] These nine dimensions are derived from Cameron (1978; 1981; 1986) [corrected] Factor analysis was used to validate [corrected] the scale developed by the researcher. For internal consistency and reliability, the [corrected] Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient and item total correlation were applied. A questionnaire was administered to a [corrected] total of [corrected] 207 people [corrected] in health management departments in [corrected]Turkey. In analysis of the data, [corrected] descriptive statistics and the [corrected] t-test were [corrected]used. According to our [corrected] research findings, at individual [corrected] university level, lecturers found their departments more effective than did [corrected] their students. The highest effectiveness was perceived at Baskent University, a private university [corrected] The best outcome was achieved for 'organisational health', and 'the [corrected] ability to acquire resources' achieved [corrected] the lowest outcome [corrected] Effectiveness overall [corrected] was found to be moderate [corrected]