Physicians Practice January 6, 2026
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At MGMA Leaders Conference 2025, panelists explored whether physicians still see medicine as a vocation — and how culture shapes retention, engagement and satisfaction.

At the MGMA Leaders Conference 2025 last fall in Orlando, Florida, an expert panel, moderated by Shane Jackson, MBA, president of Jackson Healthcare, wrestled with deceptively simple question: Is medicine still a calling? The question was first posed in a joint report published by the two organizations earlier this year.

The panel was comprised of Tony Stajduhar, president of Jackson Physician Search, Miechia A. Esco, M.D., Ph.D., MBA,...

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