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Table 2 Overview of reported specific initiatives within the five identified strategies used by MSC’s to address physicians’ professional performance

From: Building organisations, setting minds: exploring how boards of Dutch medical specialist companies address physicians’ professional performance

1. Monitoring and managing performance

2. Building a collective mindset

3. Prof. selection & onboarding

4. Improving occupational well-being

5. Harmonising working procedures

Individual and group performance appraisals

Continually emphasising shared goals

Introduction programs

Offering social support

Harmonising medical protocols and guidelines

Soft signal systems

Appointing specialty group representatives with a collective mindset

New recruitment and selection methods (e.g. 360 degrees feedback)

Referring to professional help

Harmonising well-being practices and policies

Specialty group visits

Company drinks and party’s

Monitoring the need for vacancies within specialty groups

Initiating occupational well-being programs

Offering insight in MSCs policies and practices relevant to all members

Assisting specialty group representatives

Introducing a company website and newsletter

Buddy systems for new members

Career path polices

Codes of conduct for all members

Role modelling

Changing the physical setting of meetings to involve members

Checking the qualifications of new members rigorously

Flexible working (less night shifts, hours)

Offering to facilitate insurance for all members

Speaking-up to members about their performance

    

Financial compensation or sanction

    

Mediation trajectories

    

Remediation trajectories

    
  1. Note: The presented initiatives can serve multiple goals and strategies but are depicted under the most relevant strategy