ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Evaluation of the use of soft skills by department heads

About authors

1 Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Specialized Types of Medical Care of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Adelina V. Kochubey
Volokolamskoye shosse, 91, Moscow, 125371, Russia; moc.liamg@ayebuohcok

About paper

Author contribution: Kochubey AV — concept, design, research coordination, conclusions, manuscript writing; Yarotsky SYu — analysis, research planning, data interpretation, discussion; Kochubey VV — literature review, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing; Evdoshenko OA — statistical analysis and data interpretation.

Received: 2022-07-02 Accepted: 2022-07-28 Published online: 2022-08-23
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