During the recruitment process, social events during campus visits are critical in assessing candidate engagement, executive presence and general connectivity with your faculty and leaders. Planned social engagement opportunities allow candidates to better appreciate your culture and to develop the chemistry and sense of belonging that will be key in your efforts to successfully recruit them. In this podcast moderated by Christine Gleason, MD, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) discusses social recruitment strategies that ensure outstanding candidate experiences. They delve into the delicate balance of social issues such as who to invite, having wine at dinner and other appropriate questions that maximize social engagement.
Moderator: Christine Gleason, MD
Child Health Advisory Council members on the panel: Valerie Opipari, MD; Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, MD; F. Bruder Stapleton, MD; Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD; Robert Sawin, MD; Craig Hillemeier, MD
Considering the Global Health Requests of Pediatric Faculty Candidates
Our latest Pediatric Insight is an insightful discussion on global health initiatives with special guest, Amelie von Saint Andre-von Arnim, MD, UW/Seattle Children’s Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Critical Care – Kenya. Dr. von Saint Andre-von Arnim and the Child Health Advisory Council discuss the realities and benefits of supporting candidates’ desires to share knowledge, research and patient care experiences across the globe. Moderated by Dr. Bruce Rubin, who has supported pediatric care delivery in Ukraine during the conflict, the council brings a unique perspective on the ROI of international health exchanges and programs.
Moderator: Bruce Rubin, MEngr, MD, MBA, FRCPC
Guest contributor: Amelie von Saint Andre-von Arnim, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Washington/ Seattle Children’s and University of Washington, Director, Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Kenya and Seattle, WA, USA
Child Health Advisory Council members on the panel: Valerie Opipari, MD; Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, MD; F. Bruder Stapleton, MD; Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD; Robert Sawin, MD and Craig Hillemeier, MD
The Child Health Advisory Council discusses how department and division leaders think about succession planning and best practices for preparing the next generation of leaders. Read More
What are the key questions academic leaders receive from faculty recruits and how should they respond? In the latest Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) discussion, members share the top questions they received throughout their careers and how they handled them to ensure the recruit’s concerns were addressed. From career growth opportunities to dedicated research time to personal considerations, they’ve heard it all. Read More
Moderator: Bruder Stapleton, MD
Panel: Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, Robert Sawin, MD, Arnold Strauss, MD, Christine Gleason, MD, Bruce Rubin, MD, and Craig Hillemeier, MD
Leadership is one of the most rewarding experiences throughout a division chair or chief’s career. In this conversation, our panel reflects on their leadership highs and what they learned from them. Some key themes are the value of relationships, impacting the lives of children and their families, improving outcomes and celebrating colleagues’ wins. Learn how these experiences sparked the council’s love for mentorship. Read more
One of the many challenges that academic medicine leaders face is helping faculty deal with significant changes in their career direction or emphasis. How we as leaders deal with those challenging moments is very impactful both for the individual faculty members and for the rest of the faculty and institution. How we handle these vitally important moments is among the most potent factors defining our leadership and the culture of our teams. Read More
The Child Health Advisory Council discusses best practices in the search process including changes that have evolved over the last few decades (e.g. Zoom interviews, impact of social media/employment platforms etc.) and their impact. Key strategies for success are highlighted including communication, the importance organization and candidate focus.
Bringing a faculty member or employee into an organization has very important implications for the future success of the organization and the recruit. Making a bad choice in hiring is extraordinarily painful for a department and for a faculty member whose career suffers as a result. Often faculty searches bring candidates who may be known to a member of the search committee and, as a result, references may be deemed unnecessary. In this conversation, members of the Child Health Advisory Council discuss the importance of obtaining references prior to completing all faculty searches.
This Pediatric Insight Conversation focused on needs, approaches, and strategies for doing the critically essential work of clinical research that is crucial to continuously improving patient care and outcomes in pediatrics.
Initial comments focused on the need for a critical assessment of existing infrastructure, personnel, and resources upon which to build. Particular emphasis was on having or developing dedicated staff, especially research coordinators and data management experts, to assure quality control and precision of data. The need to share and coordinate such personnel and expertise across divisions within a department was noted as a way to increase efficiency and quality. The benefits of involving the community to assure adequate inclusion and diversity of subjects and to develop trust within the community to have open and in-depth responses were mentioned.
The executive search services provided by CareerPhysician can include a search-focused division or department review by a member of its Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC). This unique review can lay important groundwork for a successful leadership search outcome. In this conversation, CHAC members discuss goals and deliverables of these reviews; their experience doing the reviews; and their reflections on how these reviews would have helped in their own leadership searches.
