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About the Guide

The only publication of its kind, CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH is a career planning guide published exclusively for psychiatry residents.

A compendium of information that is highly relevant to job-seeking residents, CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH features profiles of employers, information about current vacancies, and career-planning advice and articles. CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH is provided entirely free-of-charge to all residents.

Signal your organization’s support for, and interest in psychiatry residents by listing your vacancy in the only publication that exclusively addresses *new* psychiatrists as a discrete audience. Build brand among current psych residents, now and for the future.

Past Issues

Volume 1, Issue 1

Distribution Information

CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH is distributed to job-seeking psychiatry residents and fellows. The Guide is sent via direct mail to all final year psychiatry residents, and to all final year psychiatry fellows based on advertiser need. The Guide is provided to residents and fellows on a complimentary basis, and is mailed according to address information from the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile. Complimentary copies of the Guide are also distributed at CareerMD Career Fairs and Receptions nationwide.

Additional Benefits for Featured Employers

Advertisers who spend $350 or more in CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH enjoy these additional benefits:
  • Cover Exposure: Every advertiser in the guide is listed on the publication's front cover.
  • Bonus Distribution: In addition to the complimentary copies distributed at training programs nationwide, CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH is distributed at CareerMD Career Fairs and Receptions year-round.
  • Candidate Database Access: Advertise in CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH and take advantage of complimentary quarterly access to the CareerMD Candidate Database for job-seeking psychiatry residents and fellows.
  • Follow-Up List: You will receive a complete list of the names and mailing addresses of psychiatry residents and fellows who have indicated special interest in CAREER INSIGHTS PSYCH.

Representative Advertisers

Hundreds of hospitals, healthcare systems, clinics and practice groups have advertised in recent CAREER INSIGHTS guides. A representative list of advertisers can be found here.

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Demographic Attributes of psychiatry Residents1

Only about one-third of practicing psychiatrists in 2006 were female. However, in that same year, a majority of psychiatry residents were female, about 54%.
Gender Number % of Psychiatry Residents
Male 2,122 46.0%
Female 2,491 54.0%

Age Group Distribution2

Currently, the majority of psychiatrists are between the ages of 45 and 64. Another 27.7% are under the age of 45 and 20.4% are 65 years or older. The full distribution breakdown appears below:

Salary3

According to a 2007 report, psychiatry is the tenth most recruited specialty in medicine. The average base salary offer for a psychiatrist in 2006-7 was $186,000. This represents about a 6.5% increase from 2005-6 when the average base salary offer was $174,000. The full breakdown is below:
References:
  1. State-level data for accredited graduate medial education programs in the US: Aggregate statistics on all resident physicians actively enrolled in graduate medical education during 2006-2007. American Medical Association. 2007.
  2. Smart, D.R.; Sellers, J. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US. American Medical Association; 2008
  3. Summary report: 2007 Review of physician and CRNA recruiting incentives. Merritt Hawkins & Associates. Available at: http://merritthawkins.com/pdf/2007_Review_of_Physician_and_CRNA_Recruiting_Incentives.pdf