Private Practice Physicians vs. Academic Physicians

Healthcare Finance News has published an article on the compensation of private practice physicians vs. academic physicians. Not surprisingly, private practice physicians tend to make more money than academic physicians.

Many of our candidates are interested in academic careers; we find the motivation to be an academic physician is based more on professional fulfillment and self actualization than monetary remuneration. Individual candidate character, intellectual pursuit and teaching capacity, and personal vision, are the dominant features that inspire many of the candidates we work with seeking academic positions. Plus, the opportunity to teach the physicians of tomorrow and to be a part of research which will contribute to medicine as a whole is very fulfilling.

Read the full article from Healthcare Finance News here:
http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/private-practice-physicians-make-more-those-academic-practices