It is not uncommon for physicians to struggle with burnout, depression and suicide. Medscape conducted a survey of 15,000 physicians in more than 29 specialties to determine the degree of burnout and depression and how physicians cope.
The findings were published in the Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019. In the report orthopedic surgeons were among the specialties with the lowest reports of burnout.
Here is the breakdown of the burnout rate among the different specialties.
• Urology — 54 percent
• Neurology — 53 percent
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation — 52 percent
• Internal medicine — 49 percent
• Emergency medicine — 48 percent
• Family medicine — 48 percent
• Diabetes and endocrinology — 47 percent
• Infectious diseases — 46 percent
• Surgery, general — 46 percent
• Gastroenterology — 45 percent
• Obstetrics and gynecology — 45 percent
• Radiology — 45 percent
• Critical care — 44 percent
• Cardiology — 43 percent
• Anesthesiology — 42 percent
• Rheumatology — 41 percent
• Pediatrics — 41 percent
• Oncology — 39 percent
• Pulmonary medicine — 39 percent
• Allergy and immunology — 39 percent
• Psychiatry — 39 percent
• Orthopedics — 38 percent
• Dermatology — 38 percent
• Plastic surgery — 36 percent
• Otolaryngology — 36 percent
• Ophthalmology — 34 percent
• Pathology — 32 percent
• Nephrology — 32 percent
• Public health and preventative medicine — 28 percent