• Simon W Rabkin, Marshall Dahl, Ryan Patterson, Noa Mallek, Lynn Straatman, Andrew Pinfold, Marthe Kenny Charles, Stephen van Gaal, Sophia Wong, and Himat Vaghadia.
• Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada and president of medical staff, Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association, Vancouver, Canada simon.rabkin@ubc.ca.
• Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Jul 1; 19 (4): 278281278-281.

AbstractEngagement of physicians with their healthcare community or institution should be a central issue in healthcare because it can be translated into improved patient care, enhanced well-being for physicians as well as safer, more effective and less costly healthcare. To accomplish the mission/goal of meaningful physician engagement, we set about to establish a 'charter' for physician engagement. We defined our concept of meaningful physician engagement and customised the engagement spectrum construct for physician relationship with their healthcare community or institution. While recognising the importance of physician leaders within the hierarchical system for efficacy of organisational management, relying only on physicians in formal executive positions is insufficient for developing physician engagement. There is a need for widespread physician engagement across the organisation. The objective is both an improvement in patient care and in physician well-being.© Royal College of Physicians 2019. All rights reserved.

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