title: Strategies for effective meetings.
abstract: This article provides basic strategies for conducting effective meetings and providing committee chairs and members with a sense of accomplishment. Health care professionals can become easily frustrated regarding the need to attend meetings. They may perceive that attending a meeting is a waste of their valuable time, that nothing is ever accomplished, and that their input is not valued. Committee leaders need to use effective strategies to enhance each committee member's sense of accomplishment.
authors: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, IN, PA, USA. mgerwick@iup.edu
authors: Michele A
authors: MA
authors: Gerwick
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D017748:Time Management