Internal medicine jobs: Is it a buyer's market?

Richard Reece takes a look at the jobs page at NEJM and thinks so.

Comments

Anonymous
How is this analysis valid? There are WAY more primary care docs than there are specialists. In my city there are hundreds of IM docs while there are only 3 neurosurgeons and 8 ENTs. Even if youre not an economist, you should realize that you have to take into account supply as well as demand.
Anonymous
As a surgical specialist, I do not read or need to read NEJM, so it makes no sense to advertise to non-internists.
Anonymous
Ophthalmologists and most other surgical specialists don’t read the NEJM, particularly as an employment resource. The ads are often pro forma postings by departments that already have a candidate in mind but have to fulfill an obligation to advertise widely when seeking candidates.
Most surgery specialties have better-trafficked and more efficient outlets for job openings.
Anonymous
A point of nomenclature; since the internists have a service to sell and are in the best position for the market in which their services are in demand, this situation would be referred to as a “sellers market”

Internal medicine jobs: Is it a buyer’s market?