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Tip of the week: Determine what happens after hospitalist candidates are identified

Hospitalist Leadership Connection, July 27, 2011

The following is a step-by-step guide for lining up interviews with hospitalist candidates.

• Decide how quickly your program will review CVs and determine how to initiate contact with
• desirable candidates  (No more than 48 hours recommended standard)
• Assign an individual to review incoming CVs, such as the program director or designee, practice administrator, or another person
• Decide which individual will make the initial contact with the candidate, and assess whether
• more than one individual will participate at this stage
• Determine how the initial contact with the candidate will be made—phone call (strongly recommended or e-mail
• After the initial contact, decide whether to pursue the candidate and define how this decision will be made and determine which individual will have the final say
• Hospitalist program director or designee and/or practice administrator usually make the decision
• Determine the method by which desirable candidates will be notified of the program’s interest and invited for an on-site interview and whether it will be at the time of initial contact, afterward, via telephone call (recommended), e-mail or letter (less personal and not recommended in most circumstances)
• Decide whether and how candidates who are not chosen for interviews will be notified and inform candidate he or she is not being pursued as a candidate (recommended)
• Discuss whether an information packet or e-mail will be sent to desirable candidates after the initial contact
• Send an “interview invitation” with pertinent information (strongly recommended) and consider sending an additional information packet to desirable candidates or a video or DVD describing the hospitalist program, the hospital, and other important information

This week's tip is from Tools and Strategies for an Effective Hospitalist Program.

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