steven1984 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Hi all: I'm in the process of applying to residency programs through CaRMS right now. I want to get into a specialist residency program, I am wondering: What specialty, after residency, has the easiest to get job prospects. Note it's "easiest to get" jobs, meaning that there are lots of opportunities for that specialty out in Canada. What I really want to avoid is ending up like an anesthetist, where I can only stand-in for other anesthetists on leave and never landing my permanent job, or, worse yet, I really want to avoid ending up like certain types of niche surgeons, who can't get any jobs at all and are forced to do another residency program to retrain. Thanks, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Right now, as in second round? The job market tends to be cyclical (things might look different in 5 years), but you could take a look at mdwork.com for some public job postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 psych and peds imo... generally the less "specialized" you are, and the less resources someone needs to have to hire you, the better, not to mention extreme shortages (which will likely continue for awhile) in the above two positions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 i went through most of the specialties and it looks like peds, psych, general im tended to have the most jobs... family med was overwhelming though, over 7 times as many jobs as anything else. lol, i clicked on endo and there was like one posting in canada, electrophysiology has nil. Right now, as in second round? The job market tends to be cyclical (things might look different in 5 years), but you could take a look at mdwork.com for some public job postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 If you're starting residency now/soon, things will likely be very different 5 years from now when you graduate. Little point in guessing how the job market will be that far down the road, especially with large numbers of boomer docs that will probably retire over the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Peds? Really? Birthrates are pretty low. I would assume that the market would be flat. But I haven't looked into it. GIM is pretty short right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Peds? Really? Birthrates are pretty low. I would assume that the market would be flat. But I haven't looked into it. GIM is pretty short right now. Some people have a LOT of children. And there are more long-term medical care for children - in the past we didn't have treatments for certain things, so there was a higher mortality too. There's also more allergies and increase in chronic diseases in younger populations - DM2, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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