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Personal Competencies Enhancing Organizational Competences of Emergency Medical Units in Poland - Empirical Research

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In turbulent and often chaotic environments, healthcare organizations need to develop and nurture a unique set of resources. These sets are built into/out of skills and capabilities, often referred to as core competences. Competency identification systems need to identify both – personal (managerial and professional) competencies and organizational competences. This article is focused on identification of the common professional competencies of medical personnel and managerial competencies of managers significantly shaping organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units in Poland. There were constructed models of personal competencies – managerial and professional. The model of managerial competencies in Emergency Medical Units contains five domains with 26 competencies. The domains capture the complexity and dynamic quality of the Emergency Medical Unit’s manager’s role and reflect the dynamic realities in health leadership today. Eight domains were established in the proposed model of professional competencies of medical staff employed in Polish Emergency Medical: Professional Responsibilities; Communication; Health and Safety; Assessment and Diagnostics; Therapeutics; Integration; Transportation; Health Promotion and Public Safety. Then, respondents identified specific, meaningful managerial and professional competencies which are significantly related to Emergency Medical Units organizational competences, and the Likert scale was used.