Reports: data-driven briefs on the state of the profession
Reports are shrinkiatry's deeper, data-driven pieces: longer briefs that pull together public datasets and primary sources to describe the state of the profession, with the sources shown and the methodology described.
Where an article explains one idea, a report assembles the numbers behind a whole topic. These are built from public data anyone could find, organized so the picture is legible. Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
Key takeaways
- Reports assemble public data into a legible picture of the profession.
- Sources are shown and methodology described, so claims can be checked.
- Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
- Standing reports are kept current as the underlying data updates.
What a report is
A report is a longer, data-driven brief that pulls together public datasets and primary sources to describe a whole topic, with the sources shown and the methodology described. It's the format for questions that need numbers, not just explanation.
Built from public data
Reports use data anyone could find, including HRSA workforce projections, ACGME training data, federal surveys, and peer-reviewed research, organized so the picture is legible. Each report states what the data can and can't support, consistent with our evidence methodology.
Standing reports
Some topics get standing reports kept current as the data updates: the workforce (the psychiatrist shortage), burnout (burnout in psychiatry), and telepsychiatry (what telepsychiatry changes). Compensation and technology-adoption reports are planned.
Read next in this section
The Psychiatrist Shortage
Our standing brief on workforce supply, demand, and access.
Read →Burnout reportBurnout in Psychiatry
What national surveys show about burnout in the specialty, in context.
Read →Telepsychiatry reportTelepsychiatry, after the cliff
How remote prescribing rules and practice patterns are settling.
Read →Common questions
Where does the data come from?
From public sources such as HRSA workforce projections, ACGME training data, federal surveys, and peer-reviewed research, all cited so the figures can be checked.
Are these reports predictions?
Some include projections from sources like HRSA, which we describe as projections rather than fixed forecasts. Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
Sources
- HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce, projections and briefs. https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research
- ACGME data resources. https://www.acgme.org/about/publications-and-resources/graduate-medical-education-data-resource-book/