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Most Medical, Nursing Students Don’t Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent November 2, 2023   A majority of medical and nursing students said they view their studies as a “stepping-stone” to a broader non-patient-facing healthcare career, according to a global survey from Elsevier Health.   Of a total of 2,212 […]

Why Doctors and Pharmacists Are in Revolt By Noam Scheiber December 3, 2023   Dr. John Wust does not come off as a labor agitator. A longtime obstetrician-gynecologist from Louisiana with a penchant for bow ties, Dr. Wust spent the first 15 years of his career as a partner in a small business — that

L.A. County doctors and dentists give green light for possible strike By Emily Alpert Reyes November 22, 2023   Physicians and dentists working at Los Angeles County-run hospitals and clinics have voted to authorize a possible strike, citing concerns about inadequate benefits and rampant vacancies.   The Union of American Physicians and Dentists represents more

Doctor ‘Wage Theft’ Is Not Without Consequences By N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, Contributing Writer November 30, 2023   If you worked retail or behind a fast-food counter in the pre-digital age, you may remember the time clock and cha-chunk sound it made when you signed in and out of your job. (Okay, it was

After Affirmative Action — Working toward Equitable Representation in Medicine By Somnath Saha, M.D., M.P.H November 9, 2023   In response to the new U.S. Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions, medical schools have an opportunity to refocus on affirmative action’s original vision.   [Preview of article unavailable due to paywall]   [READ FULL ARTICLE

Provisional Estimates of Suicide by Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2022 By Sally C. Curtin, M.A., Matthew F. Garnett, M.P.H., and Farida B. Ahmad, M.P.H. Published November 2023   Abstract Objectives – This report presents the provisional number of deaths due to suicide in 2022 by demographic characteristics (age, sex, and race and Hispanic origin) compared

Suicides in U.S. hit historic high in 2022, driven by increase among older adults By Emily Alpert Reyes November 29, 2023   Rising rates of suicide among older adults drove the number of such deaths to a historic high in the United States last year, even as suicide declined among youth, according to a report

The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out by Rick W. Snyder II, MD November 20, 2023   In any career, 25 years of dedicated work is a lot to let go of. In medicine, it amounts to hundreds of patient relationships, and the blood, sweat, and tears that go into starting and maintaining a

U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard 2023   U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard provides the most current data available about the physician workforce across specialties in a series of interactive dashboards. The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard combines data previously published in two separate AAMC workforce studies reports, Physician Specialty

Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage By Michelle Andrews Published November 16, 2023   Money talks.   The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.   Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and