Semmelweis University’s Health Services Management Training Centre has become a Collaborating Centre to do research on issues related to human resources in health care, such as the migration of physicians. The title was symbolically handed over to Dr. Ágoston Szél, Rector of Semmelweis University by Dr. Zsófia Pusztai, Head of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Country Office.
This title has made the Health Services Management Training Centre a regional knowledge centre. It has already taken part in several international joint research programmes which have made the centre renowned worldwide.
“It is always hard to fight migration in the health care industry, however, this work is supported by the data obtained from the Centre’s research results.”, Dr. Ágoston Szél said.
The Health Services Management Training Centre can bear the title of Collaborating Centre for four years.
“With this promotion the World Health Organisation acknowledges the work of the Centre that it has dedicated to issues related to human resources in health care for years.”, said Dr. Zsófia Pusztai.
As a WHO collaborating centre, the Health Services Management Training Centre will be responsible for all the areas of human resources in health care from regional matters to global disasters.
“Our task is to highlight where the problems are, how severe they are and what solutions can be found on national, regional and global levels.”, Dr. Miklós Szócska, Director of the Health Services Management Training Centre said.
The title allows Semmelweis University’s Health Services Management Training Centre to represent and support the human resources in health care programme of WHO in the allocated region, which consists of 50 other countries. In Europe similar activities are covered by an institution in Ankara and another one in Amsterdam.
In the next four years the centre will operate based on a work plan accepted by the World Health Organisation and the international visibility of the university’s department will further increase.
Further details on the topic can be found in our previous article.
Pálma Dobozi
Photo: Attila Kovács, Semmelweis University
Translation: Ágnes Raubinek
