Richard Reece takes a look at the jobs page at NEJM and thinks so.
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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.
As a surgical specialist, I do not read or need to read NEJM, so it makes no sense to advertise to non-internists.
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.
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”
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