Our Employment Practices Workgroup
Megan Gale
last updated 09.18.2026
logo for SOHHA’s Employment Practices Workgroup.
Our Employment Practices Workgroup began in year 2022 under the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP) program. It has continued as a strong workgroup, producing essential content for our community.
Resource content includes
“How to Hire & Credential LAcs in Your Healthcare System: Revenue Capture and Clinician Retention,” first presented by the workgroup in a public webinar in June 2022. For access to recorded content, etc., see the community discussion platform and the Program Manager/Director landing page.
Team Care Clinical Model for the Hospital & Healthcare System-Based Acupuncturist.
Sept 19th, 2026, Live Zoom Resource Event. Live virtual event includes updated presentation + skills practice workshop + community discussion. Asynchronous resources available before and after live event on our learning platform. For details, see the event page.
The workgroup first presented this work publicly at the May 2023 Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) conference in New York City, NY. “Team-based Clinical Care Work as a Healthcare System LAc. Cultural Competencies, KSAs, Challenges & Success Stories; Metrics & Data Collection.” Presentation + interactive case study workshop with attendees.
2022 Workgroup landing page. (past)
Ongoing Projects include
The Healthcare System-Based Acupuncturists Employment Practices Data Survey Project, a research collaboration, community-informed.
Job Announcements in the Field to Share, an ongoing topic in the discussion platform. Includes articles on how to be a healthcare system-based employee (what to expect in onboarding, know how you are being measured as a clinician-employee, etc), how to write a job announcement (for our managers), and read and compare job announcements (especially if you are new to looking at job announcements in the specialty of healthcare system-based LAc practice)
Printable version of the How to Hire webinar along with a new appendix that includes “recommended resources for setting up your program.” The appendix draft work was community-sourced with Zoom (synchronous) community feedback sessions plus asynchronous feedback between summer 2023 and winter 2023.
How to join the Workgroup
First, on our community discussion platform, join the Tier 2 option.
Once on that platform, send a message via the platform to the current workgroup lead about your interest in volunteering in the workgroup.