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What's the most challenging physician specialty to recruit?

Laura Hammond
Posted by Laura Hammond on Apr 20, 2017 8:30:00 AM
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For the fourth quarter in a row, surgery-neurocritical care took the title of Most Challenging Specialty to Recruit on the PracticeLink Physician Recruitment Index

The specialties new to the latest edition of PracticeLink's Most Challenging list include: 

  • Pediatrics - Genetics
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pediatrics - Dermatology
  • Oncology - Breast
  • Palliative Care

The results were just announced on the PracticeLink Physician Recruitment Index, an indication of the relative ease or difficulty of recruitment for various specialties based on supply and demand information gathered by the PracticeLink system each quarter. 

Most Challenging Specialties to Recruit

The Most Challenging to Recruit Specialties are those with the most jobs posted on PracticeLink per candidate in those specialties.

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Most In-Demand Specialties

The Most In-Demand Specialties are those with the most jobs posted on PracticeLink. We then rank them by hardest to recruit.

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How does PracticeLink's Physician Recruitment Index align with what you're seeing in your own physician recruitment searches? Share in the comments below!

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