Of those who would switch specialties if they had the chance, 16 percent would do so for lifestyle reasons, and 10 percent would switch for clinical reasons.
Physicians in the following three specialties were happiest with their choice. (Percents indicate the portion of respondents who would choose their specialty if given the choice again.)
• Orthopedics: 87 percent
• Oncology: 86 percent
• Psychiatry: 86 percent
Physicians in three specialties were least happy with their choices:
• Obstetrics/gynecology: 59 percent
• Internal medicine: 60 percent
• Family medicine: 62 percent
Sermo conducted the physician survey in March and received 2,926 responses.
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