Radiology Business February 9, 2025
Academic practices may be losing radiologists to other more flexible workplace competitors, according to new data published Friday.
The number of part-time academic radiology faculty fell by near 11% between 2015 to 2024. In particular, the tally of teaching-based part-time physicians fell “steeply” from 2015 to 2020 before remaining relatively stable up until last year, experts wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Women were most impacted by these numbers, with the authors signaling the need for change to help keep up with recruiting outside of academia.
“Of particular note, the proportions of part-time employment in academic radiology practices are far smaller than those previously reported for radiology practices overall, raising concerns that academic...