Surgeon Pens Concerns to Surgeon Son

Welcome to this week's edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what's next.

• The daily stress of practicing medicine can often be too much to bear. This letter from a concerned mother to her son in residency can bring light even on the darkest days – A Letter to My Son, the Surgeon (KevinMD)
• The healthcare market continues to change rapidly and physicians just out of residency will begin to feel its effects. Before you are caught off guard, here are a few points to think about – New Doctors Face New Realities of Care (Fierce Healthcare)
• Opportunity jobs are positions that continue to see salary growth year-over-year. These are the healthcare-specific occupations with the highest salary growth – The Top Healthcare 'Opportunity Jobs' (The Advisory Board Company)
• With nearly 2,000 hospitals located in rural areas, it's vital for them to be properly staffed. Here's how locum tenens physicians are helping keep these hospital doors open – Locum Tenens Physicians Provide Medical Care to Rural Communities (Health eCareers)
• In smaller practices, physicians are less likely to purchase and use newer technologies. To help keep pace with the industry, here are some technologies that can make your life easier – Four Technologies You Should Be Using in Your Practice (Physicians Practice)

Melissa Byington is president of the locum tenens division of CompHealth, the nation's largest locum tenens physician staffing company and a leader in permanent and temporary allied healthcare staffing. Melissa's career in physician recruiting spans nearly 2 decades. She also serves as the president of the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO).

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Surgeon Pens Concerns to Surgeon Son