https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2022.10637
Satisfaction of outpatient oncologists with their work
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Job satisfaction is a fundamental ingredient in the life quality of a modern person; for a health care worker, it determines to a large extent the quality and accessibility of health care services they provide. Our aim is identification of key reasons for low job satisfaction among outpatient oncologists at cancer care centres (CCC) and identification of the best ways to address them. 110 oncologists working in outpatient CCC in Moscow, Moscow region and Ivanovo region participated in this research. Respondents’ job satisfaction was assessed using V.A. Rozanova’s Job Satisfaction Assessment Questionnaire. Virtually a quarter (23.6%) of oncologists were dissatisfied with their work; male respondents and surgical employees reported significantly higher levels of dissatisfaction. Wage levels and equity, working hours, teamwork and coordination in carrying out collective tasks and managerial style were the main areas of dissatisfaction. Measures to improve the work process included enhancing the resource outfit, fair consideration of each employee's achievements when distributing incentives, clear allocation of responsibility for collective project tasks, creating opportunities for paid part-time work and arranging regular meals at the expense of the health care organisation. Raising managers’ awareness of the results can contribute to improvements in oncologists’ performance, work process satisfaction, productivity and performance, quality of care and access to it, as well as public satisfaction and confidence in the health-care system as a whole.
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Moskvicheva, L. ., Russkikh, S. ., Makarova, E., Tarasenko, E. A., Vasiliev, M. D., & Timurzieva, A. B. (2022). Satisfaction of outpatient oncologists with their work. European Journal of Translational Myology, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2022.10637
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