Practice Here Physician shortages have states offering perks to new doctors. Is it working? Find out how well your state retains physicians after residency. Jan. 16, 2018Tuesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics physician retentionphysician shortage The competition to entice physicians to stay put is just beginning. Medical schools, hospitals and state legislators are forgiving student loan debt, establishing mentorships and doing whatever it takes to keep physicians newly finished with residency in their states. On the high end, California—a state with many open positions—keeps about 70% of residents and fellows trained in-state. Smaller states like New Hampshire, where jobs are more difficult to find, retain 28% of doctors after training. Data comes from the Association of American Medical Colleges’s 2017 State Physician Workforce Data Report. Find out the strategies states are using to attract and keep physicians and explore the interactive chart of where they end up settling compared to where they finish their graduate medical education on Stat News. More reading Osteopathic medical profession adds 6,000 new DOs in 2017 TCOM’s rural medicine program attracts national, global interest Best states for doctors in 2017: Physicians Practice weighs in More in Newsbriefs DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review. Previous articleLooking to LEAD: Conference aims to position future leaders Next articleGratitude: Reflections and belonging in the osteopathic family
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.
Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review.