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Career Motivators for Community Pediatric Hospitalists
Kelsey Jackson1, Rachel Marek2, H Barrett Fromme3
1St Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota; kelsey.jackson@centracare.com.
Background And Objectives:
Within the field of pediatric hospital medicine, physicians can choose to work at community-based or university-based centers. The factors that motivate pediatric hospitalists to work specifically at community sites have not yet been fully explored. Our objective with this study was to elucidate the motivators for pediatric hospitalists to begin and continue work at community sites.
Methods:
A qualitative study was performed via phone-based focus groups. Physicians were included if they were able to attend 1 of the offered group sessions and they self-identified as spending the majority of their time working as community-based pediatric hospitalists. Data were analyzed through a constant comparative analysis.
Results:
Five themes emerged regarding factors that motivate pediatricians to begin and continue their careers as hospitalists in the community. The themes were (1) professional impact, (2) scope of practice, (3) personal and professional satisfaction, (4) community involvement, and (5) job availability.
Conclusions:
This study reveals the key factors that motivate community pediatric hospitalists to begin and continue working in the community.
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