Self-Assessment of Local Recruitment Effort

Circle the one best answer in each column and compute total score at bottom

     

Director of recruitment’s time involved in recruitment

.25

.5

1.0

Number of people involved regularly in local recruitment

1-3

4-6

7+

Number of recruitment people outside hospital and doctors

0

3-5

10+

Recruitment meetings of 5 or more people in a year

0

4

10+

Materials for recruitment

outdated

recent

current

Web site for recruits?/link to town?

No

Part

Yes

Mass mailings per year to potential recruits

none

1

more

Database of potential recruits and previous contacts

none

some

up to date

Community knowledge of who to contact about potential recruit

unclear

some know

well known

Presence of other young non-medical professionals

0

1-2

3+

Resources available for recruiting (bonus, loan repayment, guarantee)

$50,000

$100,000

 

Office location for recruit

none

planned

ready to show

Participation in Recruitment Events each year

0-1

2-4

5+

Participation with other communities in major recruitment events

rarely

yes

 

Times a year that practitioners attended

0

2

4

Call arrangements for recruits

on own

not clear

set and clear

Call frequency

up to q4th

q4-5th

q6th or better

Group practice available to join that has

1-2 docs

3 docs

4+ docs

Recruit can start

desperate

soon

definite now

Relationship between practitioners

bad

OK

good

Relationship between hospital and practitioners

bad

OK

good

Finances of clinic

Red

Mixed

black

Finances of hospital

red

Break even

black

Plans for clinical services

none

status quo

Expand

Plans for hospital

No plan

1 year

3+ yr

Most recent community assessment of health services

over 5yr

3 yr

1-2 yrs

Local market share of clinic

20%

40%

60%

Local market share of hospital

20%

40%

60%

Answers circled in each column

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Score each by these multipliers

X 0

X 1

X 2

Score for each column

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Total score ________                   Most important part is not what it is this year, but what it is in years after. Rural communities must keep working in all of these areas.

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