Iranian Journal of Medical Education

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Introduction: Hospitals goals are health improvement and maintenance. In addition, they are learning organizations. This study aimed to assess the relationship between the application of organizational learning and demographic features of staffs working in pediatrics medical center in Tehran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 148 staff working in pediatrics medical center in Tehran in 2011 was selected through stratified random sampling. Data gathering was done by organizational learning questionnaire, which its cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was calculated 0.86. Results: Mean score of applying organizational learning was 52.58±9.01. There was a significant relationship between open environment, experimentation, knowledge transferring and integration, gender, and applying organizational learning. Conclusion: It is necessary to pay attention to four dimension of organizational learning for its achievement. Hospital managers in all organizational levels should consider the importance of learning and creating and transferring knowledge in hospital as an optimal investment. This consideration helps them to change people's behavior and performance for achieving hospital goals.

Keywords: learning, organizational learning, staff, hospital

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