[Continuing education of administrators in Czechoslovak health care]

In their contribution to training and postgraduate training the authors pay in the first part of their paper attention to postgraduate training of directors of district and factory institutes of national health which is implemented in the form of periodic innovation courses. They use as a basis a survey made in 63 respondents who took part in the above courses. In the questionnaires the set-up and contents of training were evaluated, the view of directors as regards the concept and character of these courses. In the second part the authors submitted information of the contents of further periodic innovation courses for directors--public health medical officers.