Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Is the radiology job market getting tighter? Are teleradiology and turf wars taking a bite out of the employment prospects for radiologists? Are radiologic technologist schools turning out more graduates than the market can support?
Questions such as these are always on the minds of radiology professionals concerned about the potential impact of a tightening job market on their salaries. A great way to gain insight into the job market's changing fortunes is by participating in AuntMinnie.com's annual SalaryScan Survey, now back for a 2008 run.
The SalaryScan Survey consists of a dozen or so short questions on your salary, areas of specialization, and other variables. We then take the data submitted by thousands of AuntMinnie members and compile it into an interactive online tool that you can use to discover employment trends. It's a great way to see how your compensation package stacks up to those of your peers.
What's more, we'll be giving away iPod nano digital music players to seven lucky AuntMinnie members who fill out the SalaryScan Survey in its entirety (and also submit their contact information). If you'd rather participate under the radar, that's fine too -- SalaryScan accepts anonymous entries as well.
So get started by going to salaryscansurvey.auntminnie.com. If you'd like to see results from last year's survey (when breast imaging specialists surprised radiology by coming out on top), just click here. And if you don't think you're being paid what you're worth, you can start a new job search in our Job Boards.
DMIST results
When you're done with the survey, check out an article in our Women's Imaging Digital Community on new results from the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) comparing full-field digital mammography (FFDM) to its analog-based counterpart.
When DMIST results were first released in September 2005, they found the modality superior to film-screen mammography for finding cancers in younger women with dense breasts, but of no benefit in the general population. This week, DMIST researchers confirmed that finding by digging deeper into DMIST data, breaking it out by subgroups of women based on age, breast density, and menopausal status.
Get the rest of the details on the study by clicking here, or visit the community at women.auntminnie.com.
