For the last several years I’ve made sure to blog on the annual Medscape Physician Survey that chronicles physician satisfaction. Unfortunately, it’s pretty much always bad news.
If you’re an optimist, you’ll be happy to hear that burnout rates were lower than last year. You may remember that the numbers skyrocketed during the pandemic. Last year 53% of physicians surveyed reported burnout and 23% reported depression. This year the numbers are 49% and 20%, respectively. If you’re a pessimist, you’ll notice that those numbers are still very high, with approximately half of the doctors surveyed reporting burnout. That’s a very big number.
Of note, emergency physicians are the most burned out at 63%, and the runner-up is obstetrics and gynecology at 53%. Plastic surgeons are the least burned out at 37%.
See more stratification and data by taking a look at the survey results here.
