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
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