First up: the Job Market! @NehaVapiwala: central regulation from @ASTRO_org and others raises antitrust concerns @PottersMD: hiring calendar has been pushed back over time, increasing anxiety
The Match: @emmacfields: collaboration between @RadOncPDs and @AROPC_org to optimize virtual interviews, resident input is 🔑. Additional silver lining is lack of costs @NehaVapiwala: increases opportunities for longitudinal contact
Board Exams/Education: @emmacfields: leveraging centralized virtual resources @roecsg@RadOncVVPN#ROVERRO @NehaVapiwala: access to radiation biologists, physicists to oversee education is essential - acknowledge core value
Future Workforce @NehaVapiwala: focus on site-based minima and raised minima for SBRT/SRS/brachytherapy @PottersMD: reconsideration of minima should be expanded to brachytherapy, radiopharmaceuticals, benign diseases. But, being a compassionate clinician is paramount #ASTRO20
Workforce Disparities @PottersMD: active mentorship and engagement is 🔑 @NehaVapiwala: change perceptions of our field through actions and examining implicit biases. Get involved early - ultimate goal is always to recruit for compassionate and caring physicians #ASTRO20
Geographic Distribution @daniel_petereit: originally from the area + unique opportunities, such as work with Native Americans. Challenge to recruit to rural locations based on who you recruit #ASTRO20
Graduating Resident Survey is update & expansion of Practice Entry🌟Response Rate of 94%🌟
98% reported offer for full employment
1% reported entering fellowship
6% non-responders➡️full practice, fellowship, or not employed but🤷they didn't respond.
COVID impacted ~15% #ASTRO20
Median interviews 5⃣ Median offers 2⃣
Networking is 🗝️ in current job market & @ASTRO_org Career Center also helpful‼️
54% Academics, 30% Private, 13% Hospital Employed Community Practices. #ASTRO20
Now let's talk about the 💰
Median *GROUP* for year 1 $300,000-$350,000 and $350,000-$400,000 year 2 (does not rep exact median due to limitations in how data was collected- will be addressed for 2021) #ASTRO20
Next up at the ARRO Seminar: @DrJohnSuh presents on Becoming an Effective Leader! #ASTRO20
▶️Effectiveness, Efficiency, Engagement to achieve the next level
▶️Good to Great: importance of building the right team, looking at the facts, building the right culture, humility in leadership
▶️improvement is an iterative process:
set goals ➡️review performance ➡️execute to close gaps➡️celebrate success➡️set goals
▶️be aware of the difference between managing and leading
Happening now 👉#RadOnc Resident Educational Resources Survey with @ChelainG
✅191 PGY-4 residents + 18 PGY-3 residents from 89 programs for an 81%(!) response rate (100% of programs represented)
✅programs divided into tertiles for further analysis
✅Top tertile with significantly more programs with faculty:resident ratios >1
✅No differences between % of time attendings covered
✅52% of programs without expectations of cross coverage
✅21% of programs with >12 months at required sites away from the main site
✅Top tertile programs more likely to give 12 non-clinical months, 9% of programs give <6 months