For clinicians and clinicians-to-be It was a dark and stormy night—really!   After working with one too many organizations unwilling to align incentives with their primes, I wrote the following piece out of frustration and sadness.   My editor told me it was too “dark” to publish, but the message is vital, burnout too common and patient dissatisfaction too high not to share.   Here goes:   If you’re an employed clinician and your organization...

For clinicians and clinicians-to-beHow can you tell shorthand what the worldview a prospective employer is?   If their compensation component includes a  “citizenship” component—-run.   Just run.   These components usually consist of attaining compliance with certain corporate activities—meeting attendance, mandatory training, filling out surveys, community service.  Failure to attain the desired level of engagement results in financial penalties, revenue withheld that you already worked to generate.   These “citizenship components” are always coercive—and speak...