title: Mutual expectation compacts: a means to link practice culture and vision.
abstract: We describe the development of a mutual expectation compact in an academic department of surgery as a means of reinforcing the department's vision document and promoting cultural change. The compact makes explicit those implicit agreements that exist between a physician and his or her practice. It strengthens the relationship by avoiding the misunderstandings that can arise when agreements are implicit.
authors.affiliation: Career Consulting for Physicians, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. idrury@career-consulting-physicians.com
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drury
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Slomski
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D013502:General Surgery; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States