Would you pay $1,000 per physician to move intent-to-stay from 64% to 92%?
GutGirlMD Consulting is a physician-led institutional coaching partner for healthcare organizations that want to retain the women physicians they cannot afford to lose. The Gold Level Program rebuilds engagement, connection, and intent to stay — with measurable pre/post outcomes leadership can defend.
Cohort
Real physicians. Real hope. Real reasons to stay.
"This program gave me hope that I can stay in medicine."
"I was ready to quit this summer, now I have a group who will work together to improve the climate for all of us."
"This program prevented me from quitting medicine."
"I got the $8,000 raise I was afraid to ask for."
"The bonding during this program made me know I'm not alone and helped build my tribe."
"I was surprised by how much other women and I had in common."
A tribe of women physicians who choose to stay — together.
Every cohort becomes part of a larger community of women physicians rebuilding purpose, connection, and leadership across healthcare.
Women physicians are burning out, disengaging, and leaving.
When talented physicians leave, organizations lose clinical expertise, leadership potential, institutional knowledge, patient continuity, and trust. Every departure is a strategic and financial event — not a wellness footnote.
Burnout
Physicians are exhausted and struggling to sustain the pace of modern medicine.
Disengagement
Many physicians feel unappreciated, unseen, and disconnected from leadership.
Isolation
Without authentic peer support, physicians carry the burden alone.
Costly Turnover
Every physician lost can represent up to $500,000 in replacement, training, and productivity costs.
The issue is not that physicians need another self-paced module. The issue is that institutions need a structured, physician-led strategy that rebuilds connection, trust, purpose, and intent to stay.
What is the ROI on your current $50-per-employee well-being module?
Generic wellness benefits look inexpensive on paper. The real cost is what they fail to move: physician engagement, connection, and intent to stay. Ask the honest questions before renewing another contract.
Can you point to a single physician who stayed because of your current wellness module?
Are physicians more connected to leadership, peers, and purpose — or just logging a mandatory course?
If you surveyed today, would your women physicians say they plan to be here in three years?
- Self-paced modules
- Low engagement
- Generic burnout content
- Limited community
- Little psychological safety
- Hard to connect to retention
- Focused on individual coping
- Physician-led live coaching
- Small psychologically safe cohorts
- Authentic supportive relationships
- Purpose, mastery, autonomy framework
- Pre/post survey tracking
- Leadership debriefs & recommendations
- Retention & engagement strategy
The Gold Level Program
A physician-led institutional coaching partnership designed for healthcare organizations serious about improving engagement, reducing burnout, and moving physician intent-to-stay from 64% toward 92%.
Not a module. Not a checkbox. A strategic, measurable, physician- centered engagement designed with your CMO, Chief Wellness Officer, and HR leadership — and delivered by Dr. Dawn Sears.
- Women Physician Cohort CoachingSmall, psychologically safe cohorts of ~12 women physicians.
- Physician-Led Live CoachingFacilitated by Dr. Sears on mindset, purpose, mastery, autonomy, leadership.
- Pre/Post MeasurementValidated surveys, participation tracking, and outcome reporting.
- Leadership DebriefsStructured updates to CMO, CWO, and HR leadership throughout the engagement.
- Biopsy & BlueprintDiagnosis of retention risk + a physician-centered strategic blueprint.
- Final ROI PresentationOutcomes, recommendations, and next-cohort strategy delivered to leadership.
The Biopsy & Blueprint
A physician's approach to organizational retention. First we diagnose. Then we prescribe. Every recommendation is grounded in what your women physicians actually need to stay, thrive, and lead.
Biopsy
Diagnose the real causes of burnout, disengagement, isolation, and retention risk inside your organization.
- Confidential physician listening sessions
- Validated pre-engagement surveys
- Leadership & culture assessment
- Retention risk mapping by cohort and specialty
Blueprint
A practical, physician-centered plan to improve connection, engagement, leadership trust, cohort support, and measurable retention outcomes.
- Cohort design & selection criteria
- Coaching curriculum aligned to your culture
- Leadership debrief cadence & reporting
- Pre/post outcomes and ROI framework
Why the cohort model works
Cohort coaching is the delivery mechanism inside the Gold Level Program — the moment abstract retention strategy becomes real human connection.
Small Group Cohorts
Cohorts of ~12 women physicians create psychological safety, honesty, connection, and trust.
Physician-Led Coaching
Live coaching facilitated by Dr. Sears on mindset, purpose, mastery, autonomy, and leadership.
Community & Connection
Participants build authentic supportive relationships that would not otherwise occur.
Measurement & Reporting
Pre/post surveys, participation updates, outcomes reporting, and an ROI-focused final presentation.
Leadership Strategy
Leadership receives insight, recommendations, and improvement suggestions for future cohorts.
A physician-centered investment your CFO can defend.
At roughly $1,000 per physician, the Gold Level Program is a fraction of a single replacement hire — and delivers something wellness modules cannot: measurable movement in intent-to-stay, engagement, and leadership connection.
If retaining even one additional physician offsets the entire engagement, the ROI conversation is already over. What remains is the culture change your women physicians have been asking for.
Physician-led expertise backed by experience, research, and real-world program outcomes.
Dr. Dawn Sears is a successful gastroenterologist and medical leader with decades of experience creating programs that engage physicians, build authentic communities, improve retention, and help physicians thrive. She is the creator of GutGirlMD , her physician-facing platform for wellness and community.
How a Gold Level partnership works.
Discuss your organization, physician population, retention challenges, and budget.
Clarify objectives, define success, and identify the target participant group.
Finalize scope, contract, budget, schedule, and key milestones.
Recruitment strategy, sample application packets, and selection criteria.
Scheduled meetings, prompts, book suggestions, homework, pre/post surveys.
Final outcomes presentation, ROI indicators, and recommendations.
Inside the cohorts and conferences.
Real women physicians. Real conversations. Real belonging.
Increase Retention of Women Physicians
A practical institutional roadmap for program directors, CMOs, Chief Wellness Officers, HR leaders, and Boards.
The complete step-by-step guide for institutions ready to retain women physicians.
A practical roadmap for CMOs, Chief Wellness Officers, HR leaders, and Boards — before your first strategy call.
- Why women physicians are leaving
- How to identify retention risks before physicians disengage
- How to create psychologically safe physician communities
- How cohort programs improve connection, engagement & hope
- How to begin building a step-by-step retention initiative
Let's discuss whether the Gold Level Program is right for your organization.
A 30-minute conversation with Dr. Sears to understand your physician population, retention risks, current wellness spend, and whether Institutional Coaching is a fit.
"No one went to medical school to quit. Give them a reason to stay."
— Dr. Sears