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Physician Surveys/Studies

The New England Journal of Medicine’s Physician Recruitment Advertising Department and its companion website, NEJM CareerCenter (nejmjobs.org) has commissioned a number of studies and physician surveys throughout the years to help physician recruiters better understand attitudes, trends and behaviors among job-seeking physicians.

NEJM sponsored these studies to help inform physician recruiters and to provide information that is practical and actionable in regards to helping with the identification of high-quality physician candidates, as well as other physician recruitment and retention efforts.

NEJM CareerCenter Physician Surveys and Studies


2008 How Physicians Search for Jobs

How Physicians Search for JobsThis physician survey provides information regarding the most frequently used and most helpful sources for job leads for physicians – both in print and online. Additionally, it identifies the preferred methods for contact regarding job opportunities, as well as, the features, services and types of physician job-seeking websites considered most valuable.

 

2008 Young Physicians and
Their Initial Practice Preferences

Young Physician Practice PreferencesA Summary of Findings from Focus Groups Conducted at U.S. Residency Programs: This physician survey was conducted by the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges and supported by the Physician Recruitment Advertising Department of the New England Journal of Medicine. This report provides insight into practice preferences of final-year residents in an era of physician shortages and mal-distribution – including geographic preference, family considerations, call schedule, etc.

 

Massachusetts Medical Society 2009
Physician Workforce Study

Physician Workforce StudyResults of this physician survey provide a comprehensive look at current and past conditions in physicians labor markets in Massachusetts.

2009 Essential Journal Study

Essential Journal StudyThis physician study provides information on the journals physicians rank as “essential”, meaning they take time and make an effort to read them. Essential journals are shown to be read sooner, read more thoroughly and passed on more frequently than journals considered to be of secondary importance or categorized as “throw-aways”. Additionally, this physician survey provides the top sources of job leads that physicians in the IM and IM subspecialties would utilize in a future job search.

 

2007 Best Practices for Physician Recruitment

Physician RecruitmentHighlights from a Qualitative Study: This presentation covers information regarding best practices for successful physician recruitment such as how and when to best contact physician candidates, what level of involvement physicians expect from recruiters during the job-seeking process, as well as what physicians liked and disliked about the interviewing, job offer, and physician employment contract negotiation process.

 

2004 How Young Physicians Search for Jobs

Young Physician Job SearchThis physician survey provides information about the top reasons why physicians would accept a job offer, leave a job, or turn down a job. Additionally, it includes information on preferred methods of contact regarding physician job opportunities, and also gives insight into physician?s experiences with inhouse (staff) physician recruiters and recruiters affiliated with physician search firms.



NEJM CareerCenter — "What inspired you to become a physician?" Essay Contest

Read the incredibly moving and unique award-winning essays detailing what inspired certain individuals to pursue medicine as a career and become physicians.



NEJM CareerCenter Physician Resource Center

The Resource Center contains an archive of articles on trends and challenges in physician job-seeking, such as emerging trends in physician compensation, hospitalist and locum tenens settings, etc. It also provides practical tips on interviewing skills, physician employment contract negotiations, resume, CV and cover letter writing and more.



Other Resources

The below resources include information on physician surveys covring salary and compensation rates, recruitment incentives, as well as trends in medical school applications and data and strategies regarding the physician workforce shortage in the United States.