Americans trust nurses and doctors less than they did a few years ago, but both professions still make the top five among 23 wide and varied work roles.

Melissa Chen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, outlines some of the challenges practices are facing and possible solutions.

Physicians at Chicago-based McGaw Medical Center are working over 80 hours per week while collecting inadequate compensation, organizers said.

However, about 62% of decision-makers at the management and executive level said they plan to do so within the next five years. 

A new model of healthcare workforce training emphasizes recruitment and training of teenagers starting in 10th grade.

The first institutions are slated to open this year via health system partnerships in Boston, Charlotte, Dallas and Houston. 

About 60% of those surveyed said they had more than $100,000 in liabilities after graduating from medical school, researchers detailed in Clinical Imaging. 

Across 3,000 U.S. physicians surveyed, 60% took three weeks of vacation or fewer per year and 70% worked while away, both factors leading to burnout.