What Do Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Physicians Look For in a New Opportunity

I'm often asked what has made us (DAI Palliative Care Group) successful  in recruiting palliative medicine physicians. There are, of course, a number of reasons. Experience is one. Our experience "informs" our recruitng efforts. We've made a study out of understanding what physicians look for. We've come to appreciate "What's Important in a Practice Opportunity to Palliative Medicine Physicians".

 

We 've learned from our experiences in HPM physician recruiting that most prospects evaluate practice opportunities through four filters. Let's refer to these filters as:

 

• Rewards (monetary) 
• Community/environment (supportive culture of teamwork and recognition of contribution by HPM physicians) 
• Workload schedule (manageable workload and sustainable schedule) 
• Autonomy/control (ability to impact key factors that affect job performance).

Of course, each physician will place his or her own value upon each of these criteria in career decision-making.  The key to recruiting physicians (particularly in a market  where demand far exceeds supply) is to create a practice opportunity that recognizes and addresses all four filters in a balanced way.

Future posts will offer more detail into each of these filters and recommendations on how to create the "balanced" HPM practice opportunity.