Medical talent management: a model for physician deployment.
OBJECTIVE
This article aims to provide a focused cost-effective method for triaging physicians into appropriate non-clinical roles to benefit both doctors and healthcare organizations.


METHODS
Reviews a validated career-planning process and customize it for medical talent management.


RESULTS
A structured career assessment can differentiate between different physician work styles and direct medical talent into best-fit positions. This allows healthcare organizations to create a more finely tuned career ladder than the familiar "in or out" binary choice. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS--Healthcare organizations can invest in cost-effective processes for the optimal utilization of their medical talent.


CONCLUSIONS
Provides a new use for a well-validated career assessment and planning system. The actual value of this approach should be studied using best-practices in ROI research.
Brightman
Baird
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Worklife Strategies, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. bkb@wklf.com
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*