Exhibit 11-9

SAMPLE TELEPHONE SCREENING QUESTIONS *

The Practice

1. What factors will you consider in choosing a community?
2. Can you describe the kind of practice that you are looking for, both short-term and long-term? (Solo/group practice? hospital-based? new/existing? salaries/fee-for-service? etc.)
3. How important to you is a hospital inpatient practice?
4. What kind of colleagues is it necessary for you to have in terms of back-up and professional support?
5. What are the aspects of a practice setting that you do not want?
6. What are your expectations, if any:
   of the professional staff you would work with?
   of the administrative staff you would work with?
   of the patients in your practice?
7. What are your income expectations, both short- and long-term?
8. What do you want your professional and personal life to be like ten years from now?

Clinical

1. What do you consider to be your strengths as a physician?
2. What do you consider to be your weaknesses as a physician, or areas in which you would like to make improvements?
3. (For the new graduate:) What kind of feedback about your performance have you received from faculty during your residency training?
4. (For the practicing physician:) What kind of feedback about your performance have you received from your employer or physician colleagues?
5. How would you evaluate your clinical abilities?
6. In what states are you now licensed?
7. Are you Board-Eligible or Certified?
8. What were the strengths and weaknesses of your training?

Area/Community/Spouse

1. In what kind of area would you like to live, in terms of weather and geography?
2. Are there any special requirements for the area in which you locate, e.g., family considerations such as religion or special education facilities for children?
3. What are your spouse's professional and personal interests?
4. What role will the personal and professional interests of your spouse play in choosing a practice location?
5. In what kind of community does your spouse want to live?
6. Do you think that you (and your family) want to be active in community affairs?
7. What are your expectations, if any, of this community in:
   -helping you fit in here?
   -helping you to establish your practice?
   -relating to you in the future?

Wrap Up

1. Where else are you interviewing?
2. Where would you rate our opportunity compared with others you are considering? (Please be as specific as possible.)
3. What questions do you have of me?
4. What other questions should I ask you?
5. When will you decide where you will locate?
6. When will you be available to start work?

* Source: 33 Ideas for Physician Recruitment, pp. 19-21.