[Post-graduate medical education in training health care managers].

Contemplations over the training of a modern healthcare manager are reflected in the article; the key organizational and methodological aspects of such training are analyzed; program-based measures related with personnel management are defined; training modules on training the healthcare personnel are designated; the experience and promising trends, as implemented in the above sphere by Semashko's Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, as well as new program "Head Doctor of the 21st Century", offered by the department of academic educational programs of the People's Economy Academy of the Government of the Russian Federation, are discussed.