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Medscape National Physician Burnout Report 2020 is Out – Yikes!

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The Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2020 has been published, and its results are as interesting as past years’.

The report’s most burned out specialty was…. drum roll please…urology. Fifty-four percent of urologists surveyed reported burnout. Next came neurology (50%) and nephrology (49%). The least burned out fields were public health and preventive medicine (29%), ophthalmology (30%), and orthopedics (34%). Note that my field of emergency medicine is not in the top 5 this year. (Congrats.) However, a whopping 43% of emergency physicians report burnout. 

This year Medscape compared burnout in Millenials (25-39 years old), Generation Xers (40-54), and Baby Boomers (55-73). According to the survey, Generation Xers are the most burned out at 48% compared to 38% for Millenials and 39% for Baby Boomers, although there may be other age-related, non-career issues that lead to burnout in the Xers like caring for children and aging parents.

Women suffer from significantly more burnout than men (48% versus 37%). 

Take a look at the Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2020 slide show yourself, and check out my Kevin MD piece on burnout here. 

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Worth a Look: Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2018

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Medscape’s annual Female Physician Compensation Report is out, and it’s thought-provoking on many levels. Among the findings from the 7600 female respondents:

The discrepancy in pay between the highest paid female physicians and the lowest is no small thing. Female plastic surgeons make $518K per year compared to Public Health and Preventive Medicine docs who make $180K.

Also, to my surprise, 50% of plastic surgeons are now female. (Only 8% of orthopedists are.) My field of emergency medicine is low at 21%.

Male primary care doctors make more than women in the same fields. Male specialists also earn more than their female counterparts. The disparity extends to several racial and ethnic groups as well.

What I also found very interesting is that to answer the question “What is the Most Rewarding Part of Your Job?” more women than men felt knowing they are making the world a better place was most rewarding (27% versus 20%), and more men than women said that being very good at what they do was most rewarding (26% versus 21%).

There’s more! Check it all out here.

 

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Doctors are Crispy

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The annual Medscape Burnout Survey is out and the news this year is  – again – somber. More than 15,000 physicians were surveyed in 29 specialties, and 44% of the respondents reported feeling burned out. Urologists made a jump up to the number one burnout specialty with a rate of 54% – with neurologists close behind at 53%. My field of emergency medicine was at 48%, compared to 45% last year. (Click here to see the 2018 Medscape Burnout Survey.) Women are more burned out than men at 50% versus 39%. 

For the brave of heart, take a look at all of the 2019 results here.

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Physician Burnout Report 2018

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Medscape has published its 2018 Physician Burnout Report. (You may have to sign in to view.) Congratulations to my field of emergency medicine for moving down from #1 on the list of burnout specialties a few years back to #6 this year. (The rate of burnout was a scary 45% for emergency physicians. To find out why, check out this piece.) Among all physician respondents, 42% reported burnout.
The lowest rates of burnout were found in plastic surgeons (23%), dermatologists (32%) and pathologists (32%). Medscape attributes this fact to these specialists’ decreased likelihood of working under emergent conditions. (The highest burnout was among critical care doctors at 48%.)
A higher level of burnout was reported in female physicians (48%) compared to male (38%).
In a different approach to the question, those specialists who reported they were very to extremely happy at work were ophthalmologists (37%), orthopedists (35%), and plastic surgeons (35%).
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Physician Salaries, Compared by Specialty

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Here’s a very interesting Medscape piece (with clear graphics) on current physician compensation, compared by specialty.

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