Should You Stay at Your Residency Program as an Attending? How to Make a Deliberate First Job Choice
The AMA’s most recent National Resident Comparison Report puts a number on something most residents feel intuitively: intent to stay at your training institution declines the longer you’re there. Roughly 40% of PGY-1s say they’d likely stay at their program after graduation. By PGY-5, that number drops to about 29%. Something about training changes people’s […]
Primary Care’s Brain Drain Demands Structural Workforce Response
The primary care physician workforce faces a structural crisis as retirement waves, mid-career attrition, and declining match rates converge to accelerate shortages affecting over 101 million Americans. Health systems must shift from transactional recruitment to comprehensive retention strategies as physician leverage reaches unprecedented levels.