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Hiring a Hospital Staff Clinical Ethicist: Creating a Formalized Behavioral Interview Model

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This paper presents the behavioral interview model that we developed to formalize our hiring practices when we, most recently, needed to hire a new clinical ethicist to join our staff at the Center for Ethics at Washington Hospital Center.

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  1. Bioethics and Spiritual Care Departments, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW, EB 3108, Washington, DC, 20010, USA

    Nneka O. Mokwunye

  2. 615 Webster Ave., Washington, DC, 20011, USA

    Virginia A. Brown

  3. 3719 Winfield Lane, NW, Washington, DC, 20007, USA

    John J. Lynch

  4. Center for Ethics, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC, 20010, USA

    Evan G. DeRenzo

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Mokwunye, N.O., Brown, V.A., Lynch, J.J. et al. Hiring a Hospital Staff Clinical Ethicist: Creating a Formalized Behavioral Interview Model. HEC Forum 22, 51–63 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-010-9121-x

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