Join Us for the NAPR School of Healthcare Recruitment Coming in 2010!

WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration Open

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 101 Beginning Recruitment – Session #1 - “Ethics and Physician Recruitment”

Speaker: Patrice Streicher, Fox Hill Associates, Milwaukee, WI, and Jane Born, Born & Bicknell, Boca Raton, FL

Since 1984, the NAPR has promoted a positive industry image and required its members to adhere to a practical, but strict, Code of Ethics.  This session walks through an overview of the recruitment process offering insight and awareness about ethical practices within each component. Discussion highlights pragmatic approaches and critical thinking skills necessary in working in the industry.

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. NAPR Board of Directors Meeting (Read more...)

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NAPR/NALTO are Pleased to Introduce One of the 2010 Annual Convention Speakers: Joe Flower

With nearly 30 years experience, Joe Flower has emerged as the premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States and around the world. Joe Flower has explored the future of healthcare with clients ranging from the World Health Organization, the Global Business Network, and the U.K. National Health Service, to the majority of state hospital associations in the U.S. as well as many of the provincial associations and ministries in Canada, and an extraordinary variety of other players across healthcare - professional associations, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, health plans, physician groups, and numerous hospitals. He has worked on change and the future with the U.S. Department of Defense, Airbus and ArianeSpace, and a number of governments in China. (Read more...)

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Vendor Profile: PracticeFolio

PracticeFolio uses Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) architecture to deliver a 100% web-based suite of application modules for Healthcare/Physician Recruiters and their departments to manage the entire recruitment process - easily and efficiently. By integrating and assimilating PracticeFolio in this process, recruiting departments can ensure that the entire cycle is simplified and organized. (Read more...)



Miss Deed

Dear Miss Deed:

I’m not sure this is an Ethics issue, but I have an observation.

Since I am now getting into the physician search field, I reviewed the process physician recruiters utilize to place doctors.  Some recruiters mirror what I did in executive search.  I questioned the client to get a full and clear understanding of the search and the type of candidate I was to seek.  I reviewed candidate sourcing strategies with my client and confirmed what experience was required in a candidate. (Read more...)

MGMA Physician Placement Starting Salary Survey Highlights
By Tammy Jamison, Lehigh Valley Hospital, NAPR President

The 2009 Physician Placement Starting Salary Survey, a collaborative effort between the Medical Group Management Association and the National Association of Physician Recruiters, was recently released to provide timely data to aid hospitals and medical groups make competitive and realistic offers. In this increasingly challenging recruitment environment, employers need tools to help determine the right mix of salary, bonus and benefits to recruit needed physicians. (Read more...)

Less Than Half of Medical Students Say They Are Adequately Trained to Navigate Health Care System

Reprinted from Birmingham Business Journal, Sept. 30, 2009

Less than half of graduating medical students in the U.S. say they received adequate training in understanding health care systems and the economics of practicing medicine, according to a study conducted by the University of Michigan Medical School. (Read more...)



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The National Association of Physician Recruiters (NAPR), headquartered near Orlando, Florida, was founded in 1984, for the purpose of creating a national organization through which professional recruiters could work together to maintain standards of excellence within the industry and ensure the highest degree of quality in recruitment services. Today, the NAPR represents more than 400 members, including recruitment firms, in-house staff physician recruiters, as well as contract staffing and management, trying to make a difference in the physician recruiting industry.

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