However, burnout doesn’t hit all physicians the same. The following data shows the top 10 specialties in which physicians are feeling the most burned out, according to Medscape.
- Critical care (53 percent reported burnout)
- Emergency medicine (52 percent)
- Family medicine (50 percent)
- Internal medicine (50 percent)
- General surgery (50 percent)
- HIV/infectious diseases (50 percent)
- Radiology (49 percent)
- OB/Gyn & women’s health (49 percent)
- Neurology (49 percent)
- Urology (48 percent)
The specialties with the smallest percentage of burnout included the following, from least to most burned-out:
- Dermatology (37 percent)
- Psychiatry & mental health (38 percent)
- Pathology (39 percent)
- Ophthalmology (41 percent)
- Gastroenterology (41 percent)
- Rheumatology (43 percent)
- Allergy & clinical immunology (43 percent)
- Pediatrics (44 percent)
- Oncology (44 percent)
- Anesthesiology (44 percent)
Respondents felt too many bureaucratic tasks, long hours at work and insufficient income were the top three factors influencing burnout at work, according to the report.
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