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Saying COVID-19 changed our world is the biggest understatement of the year, if not the decade. From canceling elective surgeries to viral hotspots, telemedicine, and political controversies over protective gear, COVID-19 has been a tumultuous and difficult experience for all of us in the medical profession. Clinical providers remain hard-pressed to respond to the influx of COVID-19 patients, but the virus has also impacted the other end of the medical profession. How has the pandemic affected medical school admissions? What is the experience of medical students today?

The one thing any healthcare recruiter can count on is the difficulties inherent in finding medical talent for their organization. In fact, it’s harder now to lure employed clinical and administrative staff away from their existing position because most of us are too busy to even take the call of a recruiter. In the thick of all the challenges we’re facing during the COVD-19 crisis, how can a healthcare recruiter keep their candidate pipeline full?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be under-recognized in the clinical world, but it is a real and growing problem. Providing healthcare in the United States is stressful, particularly lately, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the quality of life of your clinical providers. In normal times, nearly 80% of doctors report experiencing a patient event that they classify as distressing, and many end up with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. What is being done to treat these doctors? How is healthcare coping with what has been termed “the second victim?”

In an ever-changing industry, there are a few things that a physician can count on in the job. Increasing and rapidly changing regulatory rules and sharply declining reimbursement, along with technology innovations, all characterize an industry in the thick of big changes. The physician shortage is looming. The COVID-19 pandemic still creates challenges for clinical care. Into this tumultuous environment comes the recently graduated doctor, ready to select their first primary clinical practice. What are these clinicians expecting? What about the environment the physicians encounter? How will it meet the needs of new doctors in the field?