What if the future of healthcare talent isn’t something you recruit, it’s something you build? Health systems that win the workforce competition over the next decade will be those that treat learners as future employees from day one, not temporary visitors. Forward-looking leaders are reframing clinical student placement as early-stage workforce cultivation rather than academic accommodation.

On our latest podcast with Becker’s Healthcare, ECG’s Jessica Wells and Clinician Nexus’s Katrina Anderson discuss how intentionally designed learning environments strengthen the clinician pipeline, reduce burnout, and improve retention. We hope you will listen in.
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In this March 18 webinar, ECG's Jessica Wells and Clinician Nexus's Katrina Anderson discussed clinical placement and why the C-Suite should treat learners as a strategic asset.
 
   
 
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ECG’s Steve McMillen and Sarah Kier will lead an April 12 workshop showing how strong patient access underpins every part of effective care delivery.
 
 
 
 
John Budd, Brian Deck, Clay Tellers, Jessica Wells, Daniel Marino, Sarah Kier, and Amanda Adams will take part in panel discussions at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, held April 13–16 in Chicago.
 
 
 
 
Becker’s Payer Issues Roundtable takes place April 13–14 in Chicago, and ECG’s Joe Mangrum, Marc Pierce, Jim Porter, Andrew de le Peña, and Christopher Costa will be there. Don’t miss Joe’s April 13 panel discussion.
 
 
 
 
On April 16, Lucy Zielinski will lead a session focused on
courageous, inside‑out leadership.
 
 
 
 
ECG experts will serve as panelists April 23–24 in St. Louis for discussions on system savings and funds flow alignment.
 
 
 
 
Join Joe Mangrum at the 2026 Spring Managed Care Forum in Orlando, April 23–24, where he’ll present “Why Managed Care Agreements Underperform: A Payer Side View Providers Rarely See.”
 
 
 
 
At the 2026 AAPCP Conference in Nashville, April 28–30, Kathryn Taylor and Alex Denning will discuss the growing use of APPs for call coverage and the emerging models and compliance issues shaping call pay structures.
 
 
 
 
On May 15, Matt Kilton will discuss how ASCs can capitalize
on new opportunities.
 
 
 
 
Connect with Tony Kouba and Aurora Young at Consero’s Healthcare General Counsel Forum, May 31 to June 2.
 
 
 
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