title: What do you have to do to become a medical director?
abstract: Medical management is a large and growing profession. The need for physicians in management roles grows unabated in hospitals, managed care organizations, group practices, and myriad other environments. But entry is not merely a matter of wishful thinking. Painstakingly assembled credentials and skills are the order of the day. The advice in this column is distilled from Medical Directors: What, Why, How, a new College monograph.
authors.affiliation: American College of Physicians Executives, Tampa, FL.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Linney
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States