臨床検査技師管理者：彼らは管理するように教育されているか？

Medical Technologist Supervisors: Are They Prepared to Manage?

　カリフォルニアで330人の管理技術者のグループについて，21の任務の各々についての責任能力レベルと，その各々の任務について受けた教育形式を検討するために調査が行われた．管理者として認定される能力は，能力認定指標（EPI）を形成している5つの質問の応答を使って検討された．2グループが分析された，すなわち高度の任務の責任があり教育の低いグループと，同様な任務で教育の高いグループである．21の任務のうち17については，低い教育と認定された低能力との間に5％の有意差で相関が認められた．昇進システムがまた調査され，管理者への地位への昇進は，まだ管理能力より主に技術遂行力に基づいていることが分かった．カリフォルニアの臨床検査室では，管理力開発と明確な昇進法との大きな必要性がこの調査で非常に強く支持されている．

A group of 330 supervisory technologists in California was surveyed to determine their level of responsibility for each of 21 tasks and the type of education they had received for each task. Their perceived effectiveness as managers was determined using the responses from five questions to construct an Effectiveness Perceived Index (EPI). Two groups were analyzed-those with high task responsibility and low education and those with high task responsibility and high education. For 17 of the 21 tasks, the correlation between low education and low perceived effectiveness was significant, using a .05 significance level.^*2 Promotion systems were also explored, and it was found that promotion into supervisory positions is still based mainly on technical competence, not managerial ability. The great need for management development and more enlightened promotion policies in California's laboratories is very much supported by this survey.