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Prospect of Better Hours, Less Burnout Fuels Locum Tenens

May 3, 2024 | mdedge.com | Jon McKenna

Publish date: May 3, 2024 Insane hours and work-driven burnout are increasingly pernicious forces in medical workplaces. They apparently also are helping steer more physicians toward locum tenens, or temporary, assignments. In its “2024 Survey of Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals,” Coppell, Texas–based staffing firm AMN Healthcare asked doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants why they chose locum tenens work.
Infographic: Doctors' Pay and If They Think It's Enough

Apr 18, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Compensation rose about 3% in 2023 for US physicians, to a total of around $363,000. Six in 10 doctors in a Medscape survey said that much money isn't enough for the demands and stresses on their profession. Yet when asked only about their own income, they more often said it was adequate.
How to Afford Biologics for RA

Apr 16, 2024 | webmd.com | David Zelman |Jon McKenna

Most people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) start their treatment with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, or DMARDs. But if these drugs don't work well enough to reduce inflammation and pain in your joints, your doctor may recommend biologic DMARDs.Biologic drugs are proteins that are genetically engineered in a lab to target parts of your immune system that cause inflammation. You get them by shot or IV.
Infographic: Where Volunteer Doctors Are Most Needed

Mar 26, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. In a world where healthcare needs often outpace resources, doctors are uniquely positioned to make a difference through volunteer work. The opportunities for physicians to volunteer their skills are vast and varied.
Infographic: What Hospital Doctors Do About Their Burnout

Feb 27, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Practicing medicine in a hospital is inherently high-stress work. A recent Medscape survey asked US hospitalists whether they feel burned out and whether their job is to blame. It also explored potentially helpful coping tactics and employer interventions.
Infographic: Medical Blogs That Grab Doctors' Attention

Feb 23, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. It's a great time in the blogosphere for readers who are drawn to medical content because bloggers now focus on diverse topics, from the future of medicine to preventing injuries among pickleball enthusiasts. This infographic offers up several of the interesting medical blogs that are grabbing physicians' attention.
Infographic: How Physicians Strive for Healthy Lifestyles

Feb 20, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. A recent Medscape survey asked US doctors about how they strive for work-life balance and physical and mental health. It yielded a profile of their health habits. This infographic shows how often and how much physicians try to control their weight, exercise enough, and keep their drinking in check.
Infographic: Doctors' Burnout and How Much to Blame the Job

Feb 2, 2024 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. About half of US doctors in a survey told Medscape they feel burned out, and about 5 in 6 of them blame job stress primarily. They said positive measures like more exercise and family time help with burnout but add that employers could do their part by hiking pay and hiring more support staff.
Infographic: Can Doctors Meet Retirement Finances Goals?

Dec 21, 2023 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Across all ages, physicians in the United States desire an average nest egg of $3.9 million for their families during their retirement years. On average, physicians already have saved $3.0 million, so most of them are confident in funding their goal before retiring.
Infographic: How Nurses Would Choose With a Career Do-Over

Dec 19, 2023 | medscape.com | Jon McKenna

closePlease confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Around 7 in 10 nurses in a survey told Medscape they would choose nursing again if they faced a career choice. Also, 40% of nurses would enter the same practice setting, and 72% would take the same educational program.