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Jun 13, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
In October 2023, Health eCareers conducted a survey of healthcare professionals to better understand their workplace experience. Respondents answered questions about job satisfaction, job search plans, compensation, benefits, and much more.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
Whether you’re already a practicing physician assistant (PA) or are still studying to become a PA, you’re likely aware that there is more than one exciting career pathway available to you. While 93.7 percent of physician assistants choose clinical practice after completing their studies and certification, others may decide to pursue a career in clinical research.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
Welcome to the role of chief resident! Whether your program director selected you for the position or you were elected by faculty or colleagues, you’re now a leader, mentor, and administrator all in one. To say that your days will be full is an understatement. Not only will you be doing everything the other residents do, but you’ll also carry the heavy weight of many additional responsibilities. The only way to move forward: put your leadership (and related) skills to the test.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
Are you a natural leader, good listener, and effective communicator? Do others see you as dependable and trustworthy? Are you interested in the business side of medicine as well as its clinical practice? If so, you might make an outstanding chief resident. A chief resident leads the other physicians within a residency program. The purpose of the position is to ensure the program runs smoothly for both the residents within it and the healthcare organization—typically, a hospital—hosting it.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
Launched in 2017, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) was designed to streamline the traditional medical license application process for physicians who want to practice across state lines. Today, thirty-seven US states are members of the Compact along with the District of Columbia and the Territory of Guam. Why Should I Apply for Multistate Licensure through the IMLC?
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
You’re wrapping up your bachelor’s degree and want a career in medicine, but you don’t want to spend over a decade in training. What’s the right career path for you? The answer may be to become a physician assistant (PA). From job security to travel opportunities, there are many reasons to pursue this fulfilling career. 1. Choose from Plenty of JobsIf you choose to pursue a career as a PA, you’ll never have to worry about your role becoming obsolete.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
Today’s healthcare landscape is a challenging one for the hospitals, practices, clinics, and systems within it as well as the practitioners providing care. Provider shortages—of as many as 124,000 physicians by 2034 according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)—and an aging physician population—with nearly 47 percent of active physicians aged 55 or older—are making it harder for the industry to satisfy patient demand.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
theunion.com | Angela Rose
I hope these Holidays are filling you with happiness and joy. As the weather outside invites us to get cozy, these are the short days and the dark nights are longer. We may have family in town or we are traveling and hustling to get the gifts, the groceries, the finishing touches to make everything special this time of year. For some of us who may have experienced loss, or family hardships it could be a rougher time of year. Just acknowledging it can be both, and.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
The demand for physician assistants has grown dramatically over the last decade. According to the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), there were in the United States in 2022. This number is 76 percent higher than it was in 2013. In total, it’s estimated that the physician assistant workforce interacts with 10.4 million patients every week. The need for PAs is only expected to increase.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
healthecareers.com | Angela Rose
In the wide world of physician assistant specialties, perhaps none is more diverse than family medicine thanks to the opportunity to care for patients of all genders and ages. But here’s another exciting detail to note: the job outlook for family medicine PAs is excellent.
