Change in the Strategy of intake Young Practitioners 
As a Key to Success in Recruiting and Retaining Practitioners
Leah Agmon1, Elena Shteinberg2, Muhammad Zeidan3, Anna Yaakov 4, Marwan Haj Yahya5
1. Head Nurse of Operating Room ; 2. Deputy Head Nurse of Operating Room
3. Clinical Instructor ; 4. Young Operating Room Nurse ; 5. Operating Room Nurse ;
Rabin Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tikva

1.	Background
In recent years, there has been massive, recruiting of young practitioners with no operating room training. The intake process is long and dynamic and requires skilled teams and clinical instructors. We at Hasharon Hospital.
found ourselves in situations where, after all our investment, the young practitioners simply leave their jobs before their training is complete. In a survey by the Australian firm of McCrindle Research, 78.9% said that development and training were critical for them.
 89.6% of the Generation Y subjects in the survey said that Had they received regular training from their employer, it would have give them an incentive to stay with the organization longer.
An additional survey revealed that 74% of Generation Y believe that the future success
depends on skill development Young operating room practitioners at Hasharon
Hospital are dissatisfied with operating room work, resulting in a high dropout rate in 2015-2016

2.	Objectives
We therefore decided to change the intake process, to focus it on unskilled young
practitioners, and to provide them with tools for self-evaluation and self-empowerment, while providing professional know-how in various ways.
3.	Method
Building a new intake program characterized by achange of attitude toward generation Y and investment in them according to their individual abilities, level of curiosity and rate of progress including one-on-one “dry run” practice sessions, simulations, etc 
.Raising generation Y practitioners’ satisfaction levels. Raising the percentage of young practitioners recruited to the operating theater.

4.	results
The dropout percentage decreased by 45% in
2017-2018, relative to 2015-2016.

5.	Conclusions
When teaching operating room skills, the focus must be on young practitioners.
Building an intake program individually adapted to students’ rate of progress and curiosity and the dynamics of the operating room.


Change in the Strategy of Intake Young Practitioners As a Key to Success in Recruiting and Retaining Practitioners