Mutual expectation compacts: a means to link practice culture and vision.
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.
Drury
Ivo
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Career Consulting for Physicians, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. idrury@career-consulting-physicians.com
Slomski
Carol
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D032982:Contracts; D013502:General Surgery; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States