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Is bleak:
ACEP hosted a webinar yesterday and just around the time some of you future little EM Docs graduate from residency, there may not be jobs.
There is a large bloat of terrible EM programs hosted by CMGs (groups that buy contracts in EDs and staff them (ie TeamHealth)) and they are flooding our market with a surplus of grads. Covid has played a large part in this as well. This has been a rapid progression though. Just a few years ago my phone was blowing up with locums offers every day. Now, nothing.
The reason I post this is because people who are graduating now are already having trouble finding jobs so who the hell knows. Academic programs are usually sheltered from reality though so nobody else may tell you this. 5 years ago I told everyone they should go into EM. Today I would say find anything else. Things may change but I would monitor this situation carefully before you sign your future away and wind up 3-7 years later unemployed.
ACEP hosted a webinar yesterday and just around the time some of you future little EM Docs graduate from residency, there may not be jobs.
There is a large bloat of terrible EM programs hosted by CMGs (groups that buy contracts in EDs and staff them (ie TeamHealth)) and they are flooding our market with a surplus of grads. Covid has played a large part in this as well. This has been a rapid progression though. Just a few years ago my phone was blowing up with locums offers every day. Now, nothing.
The reason I post this is because people who are graduating now are already having trouble finding jobs so who the hell knows. Academic programs are usually sheltered from reality though so nobody else may tell you this. 5 years ago I told everyone they should go into EM. Today I would say find anything else. Things may change but I would monitor this situation carefully before you sign your future away and wind up 3-7 years later unemployed.