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Re:$500k Pay, Easy Hours: How Dermatology Became the 'It' Jo... by Cumpiler69 on Monday November 18, 2024 @09:16AM (#42172449)
It's 100% true where I'm from in Europe. The government opens up only a fixed number of residencies positions every year regardless of how many more students graduate (cartel behavior from the national Doctors' association).

My cousin graduated med-school last year and is still unemployed because no hospital had a place for her. Private practices don't fix that issue since they're not designed to be part of the medical teaching cycle. So a lot of young doctors have to emigrate to other EU countries where they can find spots to practice.

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Re:$500k Pay, Easy Hours: How Dermatology Became the 'It' Jo... by quantumwoke on Monday November 18, 2024 @10:59AM (#42173614)
This is orthogonal to your GP point which was about salary. There are a lot of issues with the teaching pipeline AFAIUI so it is difficult to comment on n=1 examples.
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