On Demand: Cardiovascular Staffing in a COVID/Post-COVID World: Part 5 – Provider Recruitment Strategies-Webinar Recording

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Video Summary

The video content discusses staffing in the field of cardiology in a post-COVID world. The speakers, Dr. Dan Bensimon and Dr. Thad Waits, discuss the challenges and changes in staffing within the field. They emphasize the need for flexibility in scheduling and work commitments to address burnout and improve work-life balance. The speakers suggest strategies such as prolonging the careers of current cardiologists, empowering primary care physicians to co-manage cardiovascular disease, offloading low-yield follow-up visits, and creating a farm team for recruiting new cardiologists. They also discuss the importance of intentional and creative approaches to staffing, rather than just filling gaps in the workforce. The speakers reference a health policy statement by the American College of Cardiology that addresses career flexibility in cardiology. They highlight principles outlined in the statement, such as promoting wellbeing, providing transparency in options for flexibility, supporting leadership that promotes flexibility, and reconciling training requirements with parenthood and family life. The speakers also mention trends such as the use of cardiology hospitalists and the need for education and training on topics like type 2 myocardial infarction. Overall, the video emphasizes the need for a thoughtful and proactive approach to staffing in order to address the challenges posed by the current and future shortages in the field of cardiology.

Keywords

cardiology

post-COVID

flexibility

burnout

primary care physicians

recruiting new cardiologists

workforce gaps

career flexibility

shortages