Hospitalist Recruitment and Retention

WEBCAST ON CD

Sponsored by Medical Staff Briefing

Presented on December 18, 2008

Improve and implement effective recruitment and retention strategies to increase physician satisfaction and ensure program success.

The demand for hospitalists continues to exceed supply and is expected to grow at an even more aggressive rate in the coming years. Hospitalist program leaders across the country are challenged to recruit and retain quality physicians to meet this demand.

View Hospitalist Recruitment and Retention: Practical Interviewing, Workload, and Scheduling Tips for Program Managers. During this 90-minute Webcast on CD, you’ll receive practical solutions you can use immediately to recruit and retain top hospitalists. Expert speaker Kirk Mathews will share proven methods for physician recruitment and retention that he has developed throughout his two decades of experience, including:

• New sourcing strategies
• Pre-interview assessment practices
• Tips for successful contract negotiation
• Strategies to balance call schedules and workloads
• On-site interview tactics
• Mentoring programs
• Orientation and welcome plans

With the tools and strategies outlined in this program, you’ll be able to take a critical look at your own recruitment and retention processes and transform them into the foundation for a clinically and financially successful hospitalist program. You’ll also learn new ways to recruit and retain the most effective hospitalists.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Recruitment
   1. Identify staffing needs
   2. Defining roles
   3. Defining process
   4. Sourcing strategies
   5. Assessing candidates
   6. The interview and tips
2. Retention
   1. Turnover and formula for retention
   2. Scheduling for grade card
   3. Staffing
      1. Compensation
      2. Benefits
   4. Retention program
      1. Mentoring
      2. Physician feedback forum

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this Webcast, participants will be able to:

• Identify candidates through comprehensive sourcing strategies
• Develop a pre-interview assessment
• Negotiate a contract
• Set up call schedules and balance workloads
• Improve on-site interview tactics with effective questioning about work ethic and past work history
• Implement a mentoring program
• Design an orientation welcome plan for the new hires

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this Webcast, you will receive:

• Sample job description
• Sample professional reference verification form
• “Define Your Needs, Prepare a Process, and Sell Your Hospitalist Program’s Strengths,” a feature article from Hospitalist Management Advisor, June 2008

You'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Kirk Mathews is CEO, principal, and founder of Inpatient Management Inc. (IMI). Prior to co-founding IMI in 1997, Mathews was senior vice president of Cejka & Company, responsible for managing one of the nation's largest physician recruiting enterprises with a search portfolio of over 300 clients. His nearly two decades of physician recruiting and healthcare experience include management, sales, operations, recruiting strategy, physician compensation/benefits planning and design, and employment contract design and negotiations.

Carole Montgomery, MD, has been practicing as a hospitalist since finishing her internal medicine residency in 1990 at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Montgomery is the physician site leader for the Grand Rapids hospitalist division of Michigan Medical, P.C., a physician-owned multi-specialty group. Under her leadership, the division has grown from 3 physicians in 1998 to its current size of 22 physicians and 10 mid-levels, caring for approximately 9,000 patients per year.

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

Medical director, CEO, COO, CMO, VPMA, physician recruiter, hospitalists, hospitalist program directors, medical staff leaders, department chairs

Purchase a CD of the program and view it when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher course for veteran staff.

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