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Part-time medical director: way station or end of the line?
Physician Exec. 1994 Mar; 20(3):12-5.PE

Abstract

This article is mostly directed to physicians who are contemplating a career change into management. You may be one of those persons who is contemplating taking a part-time position and continuing part-time clinical practice to see if you might enjoy management. It is important to understand that a part time medical director is there primarily because management perceives a need for a physician's skills and license. When a physician is hired on a part-time basis, it is unlikely that management realizes the larger benefits that can accrue to the organization from the physician manager's knowledge of health care and unique approach to the problems and opportunities in the delivery of that health care. Part-time medical directors seldom have an opportunity to be exposed to real management issues and activities and are usually sequestered and limited to functions that a naive management team thinks are most appropriate to a physician's skills and temperament. Be cautious in extrapolating a part-time experience to a full-time role. Consider taking the plunge to full-time management without a part-time transition phase.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Weiner LM
L. Weiner & Associates, Inc., Carmel, IN.

MeSH

Career MobilityHospital AdministrationManaged Care ProgramsPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingPhysician ExecutivesPhysician's RoleUnited States

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

10161049

Citation

Weiner, L M.. "Part-time Medical Director: Way Station or End of the Line?" Physician Executive, vol. 20, no. 3, 1994, pp. 12-5.
Weiner LM. Part-time medical director: way station or end of the line? Physician Exec. 1994;20(3):12-5.
Weiner, L. M. (1994). Part-time medical director: way station or end of the line? Physician Executive, 20(3), 12-5.
Weiner LM. Part-time Medical Director: Way Station or End of the Line. Physician Exec. 1994;20(3):12-5. PubMed PMID: 10161049.
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