Forty-two percent of the physicians reported they have experienced burnout. In terms of depression, 12 percent reported colloquial (feeling down) depression and 3 percent noted clinical (severe) depression.
The survey broke down burnout rate by specialty:
1. Critical care — 48 percent
2. Neurology — 48 percent
3. Family medicine — 47 percent
4. Ob/Gyn — 46 percent
5. Internal medicine — 46 percent
6. Emergency medicine — 45 percent
7. Radiology — 45 percent
8. Physical medicine and rehabilitation — 44 percent
9. Urology — 44 percent
10. Allergy and immunology — 44 percent
11. General surgery — 43 percent
12. Cardiology — 43 percent
13. Otolaryngology — 42 percent
14. Pulmonary medicine — 41 percent
15. Pediatrics — 41 percent
16. Infectious diseases — 40 percent
17. Nephrology — 40 percent
18. Oncology — 39 percent
19. Gastroenterology — 38 percent
20. Anesthesiology — 38 percent
21. Rheumatology — 38 percent
22. Psychiatry — 36 percent
23. Public health and preventive medicine — 36 percent
24. Diabetes and endocrinology — 35 percent
25. Orthopedics — 34 percent
26. Ophthalmology — 33 percent
27. Pathology — 32 percent
28. Dermatology — 32 percent
29. Plastic surgery —23 percent
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