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2007 General Surgeon Salary and Employment Survey

######### 2007 General Surgeon Salary & Employment Survey (Printable Format)

The Salary Survey#########

LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual General Surgeoun Compensation and Employment Survey in the early summer of 2007. Survey respondents represent physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. This report includes compensation and employment statistics for the field of general surgery including:

Annual compensation ranges

Rural vs. Metro

Years in Practice

Gender

Sources for finding general surgery jobs

Time frame for making next job change

Influencing factors for seeking a general surgery job change

Discussion topics for interviews

Insights and remarks about the practice of general surgery today

 

Demography of survey respondents

At a Glance

Survey respondents were:

81% Board Certified, 14% Board Eligible

82% Male, 18% female

Avg. number of years practicing: 15.7

66% work in a major metropolitan city or suburban area

Permanent and Locum Tenens


Rural vs. Metro
Board Status
Gender

 

Average Annual Compensation

Metro vs. Rural Experience Level Salary and Gender

2007 Average Annual General Surgeon Salary: $292,104

 

Source for finding current job

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Time frame for making next job change

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Top reason for making a job change

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Worked as a locum tenens provider?

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What do you like most about practicing medicine?

"Helping people. Surgery allows me to see tangible results."

"Satisfaction in helping people feel better."

"To be in contact with people and help them in all ways possible to get well of their ailments and suffering."

"Love helping people and working with my hands."

"Making a positive impact in people's lives. I truly love what I do."

"Working with my hands, helping people in need. I enjoy surgery because of the variety of conditions and patients I can treat and the evolving technology of surgery."

 

Worked as a locum tenens provider?

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The top three frustration are:

#1: Reimbursement issues

#2: Mediacal liability issues

#3: Administrative and business agendas interfere with clinical decisions

 


 

Choose medicine again?

Choose medicine again?

 

Compared to other specialties:

When asked if they would choose medicine again, here's how the other specialists' opinions compared:

 
Yes
No
Anesthesiology
69%
31%
Cardiology
77%
23%
Internal Medicine
76%
24%
Obstetrics/Gyn
59%
41%
Orthopedic Surgery
65%
35%
Psychiatry
79%
21%
Pediatrics
75%
25%
Radiology
65%
35%

 


If you could change one thing about the practice of medicine, what would it be?

"Consolidate the insurance industry with a uniform set of rules for reimbursement. Realistic malpractice risks."

"Increase compensation, decrease frivolous lawsuits."

"Cost of malpractice and litigation."

"Improved reimbursement for physicians."

"Eliminate third party interference with the practice of medicine."

"Reimbursements. The whole system is seriously flawed."

"We need national health care. Medical care should be not just for the privileged."

"The quality and training of the ancillary personnel that are involved in a patient's care."

"Less administrative work."

"The corporate, business approach to the practice of medicine."

 

About LocumTenens.com

#########Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service physician and CRNA recruiting firm specializing in supplemental placement of anesthesiologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, surgeons and CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetists) with U.S. hospitals, medical groups and community health centers. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies.

In addition to full-service recruiting assistance, LocumTenens.com operates free job boards at www.LocumTenens.com which currently has more than 1200 radiology opportunities posted.

 

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