جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "employee performance appraisal" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Performance evaluation is the basis of many decisions and plans that can lead to the success of the organization, and efficiency is considered a very suitable criterion for evaluating the performance of companies and organizations. Based on this, the purpose of this research is to investigate the performance of agencies and counter offices of the contracting party of the Health Insurance Organization by measuring efficiency using the technique of data envelopment analysis.

In this study, the data of the representative offices and counter branches of the contracting government of Iran Health Insurance Organization in Ilam province, Iran in the third quarter of 2021 were analyzed. For data analysis, non-radial data envelopment analysis model was used, in which evaluation indicators were selected using confirmatory factor analysis method and using Smart PLS software. The SBM model was used to determine the efficiency, and finally, the Super-SBM method was used to rank the efficient units.

The research showed that among the examined units, during the evaluation period, 4 units had efficient performance and 12 ineffective units, among the efficient units, the unit with the best performance was determined and among the inefficient units, the unit with the worst performance was determined.

In the evaluation period, the number of inefficient units was more compared to efficient units. It is recommended to measure the efficiency and productivity of the counter offices and branches of health insurance contracting parties in different cities of Iran, especially the provincial centers, on an annual basis, so that by providing practical solutions, the situation of the agencies and offices can be improved. It is also necessary for them to be fully aware of their expectations and to be more responsive to their clients.

Work-life balance with burnout and family functioning are among the issues that are of great importance in the nursing profession today. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between work-life balance with burnout and family functioning of nurses working in teaching hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in2020.

This study was a cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational study. 392 nurses of teaching hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified sampling method and entered the study. In this study, demographic information form, Wong and Ko work-life balance questionnaire, Maslach burnout questionnaire, and Epstein et al. family functioning scale. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and descriptive and analytical statistical tests.

In this study, 392 nurses working in Urmia University of Medical Sciences participated; the majority of whom were female (80.6%) and married (79.6%). The mean and standard deviation of age and work experience in the nurses were 37.37±7.95 and 12.71±7.65, respectively. The results showed that there was a significant linear relationship between work-life balance variables with burnout and its dimensions and between work-life balance with family functioning and between family functioning with burnout and its dimensions (P<0.05).

According to the results of the present study, there was a significant relationship between work-life balance and burnout, work-life balance and family functioning, and burnout and family functioning. Therefore, this study can have valuable results for the managers of health systems and organizations in order to better management of human resources.

360-degree feedback seems to be a more comprehensive view of appraising capabilities, behavior, competence, and performance of individuals in the organization than other methods of performance appraisal. This study endeavored to appraise librarians’ performance in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, through 360-degree feedback.

This study was conducted with a survey-analysis methodology. The population consisted of 43 librarians, 43 superiors, 43 colleagues, and 80 users; accordingly, census sampling method was employed. Each librarian was assessed by one supervisor, all colleagues, two users, and a self-assessment questionnaire was filled by each librarian. The data was collected by pre-prepared questionnaires by Farajpahlou et al. To analyze the data, Student's t, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Duncan, analysis of variance tests were used.

Librarians’ performance in total (4.37), and status of their performance in moral-value (4.47), functional (4.37), and process (4.34) skills were higher than average level. There was no significant difference between the results of four groups in the moral-value index and functional skills, but there was a significant difference between the users and other assessors in the process skills.

Given the low mean in the process index, it seems necessary to take effective steps by librarians to improve communication with users. These results could be used by managers and librarians to identify the strengths and weaknesses of librarians’ performance.

Providing pre-hospital emergency services always puts employees at risk of infectiousdiseases and spreading the infection in the community. Observing the principles of infection controlplays an important role in the continuity of the performance of these employees. The aim of this studywas to assess the knowledge and performance of pre-hospital emergency staff in Shahrekord regardingthe principles of infection control.

This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out on 100of pre-hospital emergency staff working in emergency operations unit of Shahrekord city. Conveniencesampling was used in this study. Data was collected using a reliable and valid questionnaire on knowledgeand performance of the staff regarding standard precautions for infection control. Data were analyzedusing SPSS software version 15.

The mean age of the participants was 30.21±8.34 years. 30% ofthe participants had a history of needle stick. There was no significant relationship between knowledgeand performance of the staff (p>0.05), but there was a significant relationship between their knowledgeand level of education (p<0.05). The mean knowledge score of the participants regarding infection controlstandard precautions was at a low level (45.16±75.25) and the mean score of their performance was at amoderate level (51.48±41.97).

According to the results of the present study, it is necessaryto plan for improving the awareness and performance of pre-hospital emergency personnel regardingobservation of the principles of infection control by holding in-service training courses and preparingtraining packages

The regulations for promotion of academic members of governmental and non-governmental organizationsfor higher positionsin education, research and technology is currently consists of 1- Cultural and social 2- Educational 3- Research and technology 4- Scientific and executive. In order to improve the current evaluation system for scientific facultymembers, some items were suggested and some were proposed to be modified by the Academy of Medical Sciences. Academic activities were increased from four to five section, and a preference section was added . Also, a supplement item was added for each section.