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Aynur Toraman serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management at Süleyman Demirel University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences since 2023. She concurrently holds administrative leadership roles as Vice Dean (2023-2025) and Head of Department (2019-present), with prior service on the University Quality Board (2002-2018).
Her academic credentials include a Licentiate in Business Administration from Anadolu University (2005), Master's in Business Administration from Süleyman Demirel University (2010), and Doctorate in Health Institutions Administration from Süleyman Demirel University (2018). Professional development includes Ministry of Health Quality Standards certification (2018) and specialized training in NVivo qualitative analysis.
Dr. Toraman's research centers on healthcare quality systems, organizational behavior in medical settings, and financial management within health institutions. Her work critically examines defensive medicine practices, pandemic impacts on healthcare workers, lean management implementations, and cost-quality relationships in clinical contexts. Recent publications demonstrate growing focus on digital health innovations including digital twin technology and quality function deployment applications.
Her scholarly output shows consistent productivity with 15+ journal articles in the past five years, primarily in Turkish health management journals indexed in TR DİZİN. Publication trends reveal increasing international collaboration and methodological diversification from bibliometric analyses to mixed-method clinical studies.
As a thesis supervisor, she has guided two Master's students to completion: Fidan Türkön Buse's 2022 research on lean management in Bursa healthcare institutions and Ünal Aliye Kübra's 2021 work on quality function deployment in new product development. She actively contributes to institutional quality boards including Süleyman Demirel University's Faculty Quality Committee and Consultative Council.
Externally, she serves as a Quality Evaluator for Turkey's Ministry of Health since 2018, applying her expertise in healthcare accreditation standards. Her teaching portfolio encompasses core health management subjects including Financial Management, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety systems.