For the report, researchers examined data on 27,000 physician job listings posted on Doximity in 2018-19 for the top 50 metropolitan areas in the country.
Since 2015, telemedicine has rapidly grown within the physician employment market; the number of physicians who have self-reported telemedicine as a skill has doubled, increasing 20 percent year over year.
Here are the 10 most in-demand physician specialties for the telemedicine job market:
1. Internal medicine
2. Psychiatry
3. Radiology
4. Family medicine
5. Pediatrics
6. Emergency medicine
7. Neurology
8. Cardiology
9. Obstetrics and gynecology
10. Dermatology
To access Doximity’s full report, click here.
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