Thursday, December 20
The new year is quickly approaching, meaning final year residents will soon be embarking on their last semester of training and preparing to join the workforce. While this is an exciting time for graduating residents and physician recruiters alike, recruiters are facing a more challenging and competitive landscape to reach this group than ever before.
Filed under recruiting millennial physicians
Friday, December 14
The physician employment landscape is shifting. More physicians are selling their private practices to become employees of hospitals and larger groups. In fact, 2016 marked the first year ever in which less than half of practicing physicians owned their own practices. While it’s still important, compensation is no longer the only factor for physicians who are seeking new career opportunities. What do physicians look for when they're seeking a career change? Where are they seeking those opportunities?
Filed under physician career satisfaction, Career Navigator, career change
Monday, November 26
The holiday season is officially among us, and with that, comes holiday vacations. But just because your candidates might not be in the office doesn’t mean you should halt your recruiting efforts until the new year. Here are a few tips from Doximity Talent Finder's Client Success Team on how to turn the holiday weeks into some of your most productive of the year.
Filed under Doximity Talent Finder, physician recruitment, vacation tips, vacation preparedness, holiday recruiting tips
Wednesday, November 07
Physicians play a central role in delivering care, and in today’s market – where a crisis of medical talent looms large – physician recruiters need an accurate view of how physicians are compensated.
Filed under Physician compensation in the U.S., 2nd annual Doximity physician compensation report, How physicians are compensated
Monday, November 05
There’s an epidemic in U.S. healthcare: physicians are stressed and burned out. According to The American Journal of Medicine, physician burnout increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent between 2011 and 2014.
Filed under prevailing signs of physician burnout, physician recruiters are agents of change, Physician burnout, Taking Care of Our Own Program, burnout research
Tuesday, October 30
As a physician recruiter, you know well that graduating residents are in HIGH demand. New job openings in most specialties far outpace the number of new residents who are looking for jobs, and these candidates are no strangers to unsolicited job offers – which means your recruitment must be on the mark.
Filed under graduating medical residents, high-demand graduating medical residents, medical residents using doximity, Doximity's residency navigator, tips for recruiting final-year residents, recruitinig medical school graduates
Thursday, October 11
The majority of physicians aren’t actively seeking new career opportunities, but that doesn’t come as a surprise to most physician recruiters. Physician shortages abound, and increases in the number of new physicians entering the workforce remain modest, so you’re tasked with sourcing quality physicians from a limited pool of candidates. In fact, you’re tasked with recruiting experienced physicians who are not even looking for a new position!
Filed under physician recruitment, rules for recruiting passive candidates, passive physician candidates
Tuesday, October 02
Physician gender impacts many issues in the medical world – not least, the physician recruiting industry.
We've mentioned this before but it bears repeating: in 2017 more women than men enrolled in U.S. medical schools for the first time (per Medscape).
Filed under physician compensation trends, Doximity Physician Compensation report, recruiting female physicians, professional concerns of female physicians, impact of physician gender, women in medicine, physician gender pay gap
Friday, September 21
In 1960, there were roughly 200 women physicians in the U.S. As of March 2018, there are nearly 334k – approximately 34% of professionally active physicians (per the Henry J Kaiser Foundation). Data suggests that number is still rising. In fact, in 2017 the number of women enrolling in U.S. medical schools topped the number of men for the first time ever (per Medscape).
Filed under Work-life balance, Women in Medicine Month, female physicians, recruiting female physicians, rural physician shortage, attract and retain women, women MDs and DOs, female doctors, physician gender, professional concerns of female physicians
Monday, August 27
We’ve put a spotlight on telemedicine a number of times because the technology is spreading rapidly – more than 15 million Americans received some kind of medical care remotely last year, per the American Telemedicine Association. A lot of hospitals and healthcare facilities are investing in telemedicine.
If you’re like us, though, you’ve been reading headlines like these recently: Is telemedicine dead before it arrives?; Why telemedicine is a bust so far; Is telemedicine really a bust?
Filed under American Telemedicine Association, Spotlight on Telemedicine, The future of telemedicine, CMS proposed new payment rules, global telemedicine market, video visits, Technology Trends
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