SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Intentionally Building Identity Through Recruitment Process as a Hospital Medicine Group

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This document describes an effort by a hospital medicine group at the University of Minnesota Medical Center to intentionally define and use its culture during recruitment. The authors note that recruiting a new hospitalist is expensive and that applicants increasingly value group culture, yet there is little guidance on how to incorporate culture into hiring.<br /><br />The group’s goals were to give applicants clearer expectations, improve current members’ shared understanding of the division’s culture and goals, and create a system that can adapt as the group evolves.<br /><br />Their process had four phases:<br />1. Identify key personnel involved in recruitment, including division leadership, administrative staff, faculty, and a DEI lead.<br />2. Map the current group footprint by reviewing roles, responsibilities, areas of interest, expertise, growth plans, and existing hiring practices.<br />3. Identify key values such as clinical excellence, collaboration and teamwork, challenging the status quo, and DEI/advocacy.<br />4. Integrate those values into recruitment by developing standardized HR-approved interview questions, using bidirectional interviews, and forming a trained recruitment committee of eight faculty members with a chair.<br /><br />The conclusion emphasizes that recruitment is essential to the growth and success of a hospital medicine group. Building a clear group identity helps attract candidates who fit the culture and can thrive with existing faculty support. The authors argue that regularly identifying, codifying, and reassessing culture can improve recruitment, retention, work satisfaction, and long-term engagement.

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Erica Levine

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Author List Andrew P.J Olson, Angelica Willis, Courtney L. Nelsen, Elizabeth Davis, Erica Levine, Jacob J. Wagner, Kendra Joyce, Kiril Dimitrov, Molly F. Wyman, Mung Ting Yung, Suman Pal

Category Innovations

Concept Culture

Concept Recruitment

Concept Group Values

Concept Hospital Medicine Group

Concept Identity

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization University of Minnesota

Presenting Author Erica Levine

Track Value in Hospital Medicine

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hospital medicine

recruitment

organizational culture

hospitalist hiring

University of Minnesota Medical Center

diversity equity inclusion

clinical excellence

teamwork

interview questions

faculty engagement

Culture

Recruitment

Group Values

Hospital Medicine Group

Identity