More than 1,200 residents across 25 specialties took part in the online survey between June 20 and July 7. All participants were enrolled in a U.S. medical resident program.
Here are the most rewarding parts of the job for residents, according to years out of medical school:
One to four years after medical school
• Gratitude/Relationships with patients — 67 percent
• Being very good at what I do/Finding answers, diagnoses — 65 percent
• Being proud of being a physicians — 42 percent
• Knowing that I am making the world a better place — 39 percent
• The potential for making good money at a job I like — 36 percent
Five to eight years after medical school
• Being very good at what I do/Finding answers, diagnoses — 71 percent
• Gratitude/Relationships with patients — 61 percent
• The potential for making good money at a job I like — 43 percent
• Being proud of being a physicians — 41 percent
• Knowing that I am making the world a better place — 37 percent
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