Perception of the activities the district medical chambers among their members

Purpose: This article aims to identify the perception of district medical chambers' activities in their members' environment. Methodology: As part of the adopted research convention, questionnaire surveys were conducted. Their participants were doctors and dentists representing selected district medical chambers. The group covered by the analysis consisted of 146 persons. The secondary data comes from the studies of the Supreme Medical Chamber. Findings: An integral part of the research was identifying respondents' opinions on selected directions for the activity of district chambers. Based on the analysis of the primary material obtained, it was found that the respondents are not satisfied with the undertakings initiated by the medical chambers. Research limitations: The article contains a preliminary study. In the future it is planned to conduct additional quantitative and qualitative research. Practical implications: The issue of professional self-government is examined through the prism of the activities of district medical chambers. These chambers exemplify the activities of the medical professional self-government, which is perceived as one of Poland's oldest and best¬functioning self-government. It is worth emphasising that under the current legal order, every doctor and dentist granted the right to practice a profession is a member of a selected chamber. Social implications: The activity of professional self-government is an essential area of academic inquiry, as well as one that addresses issues linking theoretical issues to business practice. The highlighted topic is also part of the scope of research in the social sciences, including those dealing with organisational management. In the literature on the subject, professional self-government is considered an independent and autonomous institution established to perform tasks of an administrative nature by a specific group of persons. Originality: The article concerns current scientific problems and economic practice.