I vaguely remember a midlevel thread where it was me and
@Lem0nz arguing midlevels are omnipresent and a necessary reality in medicine. You, ?Sunshinefl, and maybe someone else argued against our posts and
@Lawpy was basically summarizing everyone's points. Whenever I see your name I automatically think back to that. I obviously disagree with your opinion there but life's nuanced and I still think you're posts are solid even if I disagree with some opinions.
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Anyways there seems to be an alarmist sentiment in this thread. I remember the 2016-2018 days where EM was on fire on these forums. Like every third post was asking about something EM specific, there were tons of EM vs. X discussions. Heck...even I as someone who always had IM-> fellowship in mind since high school considered EM for a few hot seconds. Now there seems to be some a lot of concern. I am not sure exactly what besides some rumblings about CMGs and this ACEP meeting last Friday has got everyone in such a panic about EM. I just find it very difficult to believe that a field that so many good students is going to struggle to the extent that many may not be able to find a job?! Maybe the average salary will be more down to earth (200K) which makes sense as PCPs/Internists make that much after 3 years of fellowship and EM doesn't have the continuity IM has, but at the end of the day we all chose to do what we wanted ultimately because we primarily liked it.