Knowing which physician specialties are the most in-demand—and what the supply of job-seekers in those specialties looks like—can prompt physician recruiters to flex their strategies accordingly.
The just-released PracticeLink Physician Recruitment Index of the Most In-Demand Specialties can help. The Index contains the specialties with the most jobs posted on PracticeLink, and are then ranked by hardest to recruit.
The top five most in-demand specialties remained unchanged since last quarter's Index.Neurology has taken the top spot on PracticeLink's index of the most in-demand specialties since Summer 2016, for a total of six consecutive quarters at number one. According to a new report from AMGA, neurology is also one of the top 10 highest-paid specialties, with a median income of $295,211.
The Index remained remarkably consistent this quarter with no new specialties making the top 15, and nearly two-thirds not moving a single spot.
Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospitalist and General Surgery each moved up a single spot, while Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Hematology & Oncology each dropped a spot.
PracticeLink also releases a quarterly Most Challenging to Recruit Index, which once again features gynecologic oncology in as the number-one most-challenging specialty. To read more, click here.
