u/Affectionate-Day2909

Hi guys, recently I did a post about some concerns with psych field involving NPs, AI, corporativism etc. The goal wasn't to create doom and gloom about the field as it turned out... However, I was thinking about another issue that is pretty strange when gov advertises a future "shortage" of psychiatrists, IM docs, and FM docs. Like, if these specialties are facing competition with NPs and even some of them can't find inpatient/hospitalist work, what is the point of bringing this kind of "warning" about what they call a "shortage"? What kind of data are they using to get these conclusions? I mean it is very weird to warn about massive shortages while the reality actually seems the opposite.

I've came across some posts and comments of residents and attendings concerned about the future of psychiatry. Specifically about its market job... Like so many NPs/PAs and new grads from psychiatry programs... How significant do you think these concerns are? Chances to happen the same thing as EM or oncorads? Is PP a feasible way to avoid it?

PS: I a medstudent who wants to pursue this field but have been thinking about these things since read about them.

Edit1: Really don't understand why people downvote comments like this.

Edit2: Heyy, thanks a lot you all for the answers in this post! I wasn't really expecting all these contributions. It is very important for me and I am very grateful :)