after reading bosco's thread, it left me thinking, are doctors and dentists likely to be hired after they're done their training?

This topic and question is almost as bad as DR's "University degrees are important after all" thread.

All the bums on the streets holding carboard signs indicating that they are former "war veterans" are just unemployed MD's and DMD's in disguise.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=405372

First of all how do you know its DR? and second im not whining

You have to be an idiot if you can't spot him.

Irregardless, the stupidity of this post equates to that of which can be found in most if not all of DR's posts. Unemployment should not be a major concern for you.

ouch

As long as you manage to get somewhere to do your training you should be fine. It seems that finding somewhere to take you on for training is the difficult part these days.

Yes

I think there will always be jobs for doctors in the public sector.

Some aim for private practice which pays a lot more and think that's all there is and are disappointed when they don't get the job they want. But as far as getting a job goes I don't think a trained doctor will ever go hungry.

not really....

read a recent article on heart surgeons losing their jobs because medical technology is keeping chronic heart patients alive without the aid of going under the knife.

I don't know if you could use the word 'losing their jobs' since there are a shortage of physicians and dentists in America and the world at large. These 2 fields are usually the most stable in the US because there is a shortage of them in the market.
A heart surgeon on average would have to go to Uni for 4 years, 4 years med school, 6-9 years surgical residency, with all that education + training, there is actually a shortage of them.

That's the reason why I thought this question was pretty stupid. Because physicians and dentists are in demand in the US.

unlike you, i don't live in the US, and don't have time to keep up to date with job market

No this is still a retarded question, whether you live in Canada or the US. Someone with common sense wouldn't ask such a dumbass question.

They're in demand in England yet med students are finding it difficult obtaining a placement to train.
The question wasn't actually that stupid if he's also referring to training. There should be a job at the end of it but whether he'll get a training place or not.....god knows, I don't know if the US and Canada have the same trouble with that.

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Yeah, finding an associateship can be difficult as far as dentistry is concerned, but its really not a major concern in the states.

lol easy to tell how much attention I paid to the question

with that much money an individual would have to spend on their education, there better be a job in the end! its basically guranteed.

Not absolutely. I heard competition for first year residency at teaching hospitals is still fierce. But then I don't know about positions in other places.