title: How to plan a successful associateship and practice transition.
abstract: Once doctors decide to plan and form an associateship, the general process of advertising, recruiting, interviewing, and accepting an associate is important. Here we illustrate the process in three phases. We concluded that not only must the doctors be willing to devote a great deal of time and effort to building the practice but even greater time and effort into building and nurturing the associateship.
authors.affiliation: Professional Practice Planners, 332 5th Avenue, Suite 213, McKeesport, PA 15132, USA. stanpoll@aol.com <stanpoll@aol.com>
authors.forename: Stanley L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pollock
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D002321:Career Choice; D032982:Contracts; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010318:Partnership Practice, Dental / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*