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PHYSIATRY FACT SHEET
STATISTICS
- Total number of Board Certified physiatrists: 9,195
- Residents completing training annually: 369
- 59% of residents are male; 41% are female.
COMPENSATION
- New Graduates: $160,000 plus incentive
- Medical Director: $250,000 plus incentive
- The above numbers are based on my experience and vary from area to area.
- Per salary.com: $176,340 25th percentile, $197,369 50th percentile, $215,508 75th percentile
BOARD CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Part 1
The written exam is administered annually in August. It can only be taken post-residency. Applications must be received by the preceding January. 90% successfully pass the examination the first time.
Part II
The oral examination may be taken only after one year of clinical practice fellowship, research, or a combination of these activities in PM&R is completed following residency. The exam can be taken in May; the deadline for registration is the preceding November 15th. 89% successfully pass the examination the first time.
Pain Certification
The pain exam is administered by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is in September. The pain examination deadline is the preceding February. 83 physiatrists took the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s pain boards in 2008.
Candidates must satisfactorily pass both the written exam and the oral exam in order to be certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Physician must be recertified every 10 years.
CURRENT TRENDS
Compensation can be 15% – 20% lower in major metro areas due to the oversupply created by many residency programs and attractive lifestyle of the metro areas.
Interventional/pain management is the favored subspecialty of new graduates with most residents going into such a fellowship. Once they finish their fellowship, they usually only want to do procedures. It’s getting harder and harder to find physiatrists who want to do inpatient work.
PLANS OF 2008 GRADUATES
62% of senior physiatry residents applied for a fellowship.
For those who did not accept a fellowship, their plans were split between heading into private practice and accepting a position at an institution. Over half of the residents responded that they would be moving away from the area where they worked as a resident. There is a decline in residents entering certain subspecialties. Pain saw the greatest loss with 52% respondents interested in it last year and 19% this year. Musculoskeletal medicine saw gains. Rehab, neurorehab, cancer rehab and general rehab saw an increase with 19% claiming an interest in these subspecialties. Spine maintains a similar level of interest.
From the Physiatry’s Academy, Spring, 2009
Above information also from the Physiatry’s Academy and Board
FARR HEALTHCARE DATABASE
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