Features professional needs of heads of the intensive care unit to increase the level of personal competence and postgraduate education

The doctor is the Central figure in the protection of public health. From level of education, motivation to work, his attitudes, the cultural level of ethical standards, the state of his physical and mental health ultimately depends on the efficiency of the health system, quality of care, population health, patient rights, patient satisfaction with received medical services. While human resources are the most costly health care resources, the cost of which increases as the accumulation of competence and experience.According to who, the cost of preparation and the utilization of human resources constitute 60-80% of the budget expenditure on healthThe reform of the health system, the implementation of the new Concept of health care development and medical science in the Russian Federation put before the heads of medical institutions and their structural units specific tasks, which will require the performance of certain functions. The introduction of new forms of organization of treatment-and- prophylactic aid to the population, obligatory and voluntary medical insurance, provision of paid services to physical and legal entities, significantly expanded the duties, powers, scope the organization and management of heads of departments of medical organizations, particularly the heads of the intensive care departments in multi-profile hospitals.