Primary care most recruited specialty

Family and general internal medicine doctors are the most requested specialties, according to a national recruiting firm, but psychiatry is the only specialty showing a steady growth in demand, according to an analysis by search firm Merritt Hawkins.

The firm's 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives tracks 2,800 physician recruiting assignments that Merritt Hawkins conducted nationwide from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010.