Abstract
Dr. Virtue (Dr. V) has recently been appointed to be the new chair of the department of medicine at State University Medical Center (SUMC). He was brought in from outside, having served as the vice chair of his previous department. Shortly after arriving, he was approached by Associate Dean Dr. Do Good with a request to help sponsor an initiative called “The Code of Conduct.” The “Code” is a set of rules or principles designed to promote positive collegial relationships across the medical center. This initiative came about because of several reported incidents of bullying and harassment in the institution. The other driver of this initiative was the most recent physician satisfaction scores from SUMC. The survey measures physician engagement and their perceived quality of work life and collegiality. SUMC placed in the bottom quartile of this national survey.
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Houpt, J.L., Gilkey, R.W., Ehringhaus, S.H. (2015). A “No-Brainer”: Dr. Virtue Comes to State University Medical Center. In: Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21260-9_24
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