Is your doctor a groupie?

What characteristics do you perceive as being most important when recruiting new physicians for your medical group? While technical competence is of course necessary, the medical group must also consider how well the candidate will fit into the group. By understanding the characteristics that will make a candidate fit into the organization and by carefully assessing the prevalence of these characteristics in physician candidates, the perceptive administrator can select the candidate that will best contribute to the long-term success of the organization. A specialist in physician recruitment offers her advice.