Helping the new co-worker in your practice succeed: 12 tips

Being a new employee in any job can be scary and intimidating. New employees are concerned with making a good first impression and starting out on the right foot. At the same time, a new employee's first days on the job are critical to the medical practice: new employees often form lasting opinions both of the practice and of their co-workers during these important early days. This article offers 12 tips for medical practice staff to use to ease new co-workers' transition to their new job in the practice. Specifically, it suggests practical ways medical practice team members can prepare for, greet, befriend, support, praise, share with, and include new employees right off the bat to help them feel welcomed and appreciated. This article also offers tips for new employees that will help them succeed in the new job, make a positive first impression, and encourage the veteran employees of the practice to be glad to have them on board.