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What Independent Physicians Really Feel About the State of Medicine: Offcall's 2026 Fairness Report
Offcall (
https://www.offcall.com/)
is a new platform built for and by physicians to restore autonomy and help physicians take back medicine. After the success of our Physicians AI Report (
https://2025-physicians-ai-report.offcall.com/),
we're collecting 100+ responses to the short questions below (takes just 2 mins!) and will publish the results as part of Offcall's 2026 Fairness Report. This is NOT just another survey. These questions are built for and by physicians, and our goal is to capture what everyone truly feels about what's gone wrong in medicine and what changes you want to see. Everything will remain confidential and anonymous. Thank you so much for participating -- the more physician voices come together, the bigger collective impact we can make to improve medicine!!!
1. What is your email address (will be kept confidential and not shared!)?
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2. What is your specialty?
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3. How many years have you been practicing?
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4.
Choose the statements (can select multiple) that best reflect how independence makes you feel today?
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4. Choose the statements (can select multiple) that best reflect how independence makes you feel today?
“Empowered and fulfilled.”
“Proud but stressed.”
“Financially responsible for everything.”
“Clinically fulfilled but administratively overwhelmed.”
“Burned out and questioning sustainability.”
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How often do you consider leaving independent practice (or retiring) due to financial or administrative stress?
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5. How often do you consider leaving independent practice (or retiring) due to financial or administrative stress?
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Never
B
Rarely
C
Sometimes
D
Often
E
Very often
6.
Which of the following represents the largest frustration with running your practice today?
(Select up to 2)
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6. Which of the following represents the largest frustration with running your practice today? (Select up to 2)
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Insurance reimbursement rates
B
Staffing costs
C
Rent / facility expenses
D
Malpractice insurance
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Administrative overhead
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Billing & collections
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Regulatory requirements
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Technology / EHR costs
7.
Which best describes your current workload?
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7. Which best describes your current workload?
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Sustainable long-term
B
Manageable but fatiguing
C
Unsustainable and I’m fatigued
D
Actively burning me/burned out
8.
How fairly do you feel you are compensated for your work? (Note: We’re being intentionally vague because we want this to be based on your own definition of fairness)
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8. How fairly do you feel you are compensated for your work? (Note: We’re being intentionally vague because we want this to be based on your own definition of fairness)
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Very fairly
B
Somewhat fairly
C
Neither fairly nor unfairly
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Somewhat unfairly
E
Very unfairly
9. Which statement best reflects your experience as an independent physician?
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9. Which statement best reflects your experience as an independent physician?
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“I regret becoming independent.”
B
“I wouldn’t trade independence for anything.”
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(Something in between)
10. In one sentence,
share why you answered how you did in question #4?
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11.
Which of the following captures how you feel about your decision to become a doctor?
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11. Which of the following captures how you feel about your decision to become a doctor?
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I love this profession and can’t imagine doing anything else
B
I’m miserable in my job and regret going into this profession
C
I’m hopeful that the best days are still ahead of us
D
I’m convinced our best days as days are behind us
12. Currently, do you consider the practice of medicine a "job" or a "calling"?
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12. Currently, do you consider the practice of medicine a "job" or a "calling"?
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Job
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Calling
13. Do you feel more or less respected as a physician than you did previously in your career? (if applicable, tell us why in a few words)
14. Do you think ChatGPT Health, Claude, and more AI companies going into healthcare will result in more or less trust in physicians? (say why in a few words)
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15. Knowing
what you know now, how likely on a scale of 1 to 10 would you choose to become a doctor again (10 being most likely, 1 being the least likely)?
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15. Knowing what you know now, how likely on a scale of 1 to 10 would you choose to become a doctor again (10 being most likely, 1 being the least likely)?
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In one sentence, tell us why you answered the way you did?
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