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Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know
Dissertation (MComm Path)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50687 Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha) deidre1bez@gmail.com Soer, Maggi E. (Magdalena Elizabeth) Bezuidenhoudt, Deidré UCTD Dissertation (MComm Path)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Background: In future, the South African Department of Health aims to purchase services from accredited private service providers. Successful private audiology practices can assist to address issues of access, equity and quality of health services. It is not sufficient to be an excellent clinician, since audiology practices are businesses that must also be managed effectively. Objective: The objective was to determine the existing and required levels of practice management knowledge as perceived by South African audiologists. Method: An electronic descriptive survey was used to investigate audiology practice management amongst South African audiologists. A total of 147 respondents completed the survey. Results were analysed by calculating descriptive statistics. The Z-proportional test was used to identify significant differences between existing and required levels of practice management knowledge. Results: Significant differences were found between existing and required levels of knowledge regarding all eight practice management tasks, particularly legal and ethical issues and marketing and accounting. There were small differences in the knowledge required for practice management tasks amongst respondents working in public and private settings. Conclusion: Irrespective of their work context, respondents showed that they need significant expansion of practice management knowledge in order to be successful, to compete effectively and to make sense of a complex marketplace. tm2015 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MComm Path Unrestricted 2015-11-25T09:47:17Z 2015-11-25T09:47:17Z 2015/09/01 2015 Dissertation Bezuidenhoudt, D 2015, Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know, MComm Path Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50687> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50687 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know |
| title_full | Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know |
| title_fullStr | Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know |
| title_full_unstemmed | Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know |
| title_short | Audiology practice management in South Africa : what audiologists know and what they should know |
| title_sort | audiology practice management in south africa what audiologists know and what they should know |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50687 |