The One About Jobs

The Accelerators (Drs. Anna Laucis, Simul Parikh, and Matt Spraker) are joined by Drs. Jason Beckta, Emma Fields, Todd Scarborough, and Chirag Shah to discuss the #RadOnc job market.

Join us on an epic journey through the past, present, and future of the job market. We  cover the highly variable written record of the #RadOnc workforce, how patient volumes are changing with hypofractionation, and the what the market will look like in the future.

We close the show with a round robin on advice for young radiation oncologists heading into the field we all love. 

More information on the topics we discussed:

• Dr. Lawrence Davis in 1986: “The manpower crisis facing radiation oncology”
• Dr. Chirag Shah’s letter: “Expanding the Number of Trainees in Radiation Oncology: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?”
• "In Regard to Shah"
  • By Dr. Anthony Zietman 
  • By Dr. John Leung
  • By Drs. Dennis Hallahan and Stephanie Perkins 
  • By Dr. W. Robert Lee 
  • By Drs. Paul Wallner and Dennis Shrieve 
• SDN Radiation Oncology Forum 
• Medical School Reddit 
• Dr. Ben Smith's team in 2010: "The Future of Radiation Oncology in the United States From 2010 to 2020: Will Supply Keep Pace With Demand?"
• Dr. Ben Smith's team in 2016: "The Radiation Oncology Job Market: The Economics and Policy of Workforce Regulation"
• Mudit Chowdhary's team in 2019: "The Impact of Graduates' Job Preferences on the Current Radiation Oncology Job Market"
• Follow Nicholas Zaorsky on Twitter
• Updated ACGME Program Requirements for Radiation Oncology and FAQs 
• Dr. Li's team in 2020: "Temporal Trends of Resident Experience in External Beam Radiation Therapy Cases: Analysis of ACGME Case Logs from 2007 to 2018"

Podcast art generously donated by Dr. Danielle Cunningham

**Update**

Dr. Zaorsky comments with a thread of threads, packed with more info for a deeper dive on #RadOnc facility/utilization.

Dr. Fuller tweets a deep pull from the archives.