Physician Satisfaction Rates

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Hey all,

I am doing a presentation for a career counseling class on helping physician's chose a specialty. I am interested if there are any easily accessible, credible reports that have done some type of physician satisfaction surveys for different specialties. Anyone know of any?

Thanks!
 
i'm pretty sure iserson's guide to getting a residency has exactly this. interestingly, hand surgeons were the least happy with their career.
 
Try this - it works wonders. Search for "Physician Satisfaction by Specialty" (dont use the quotes), click on your second result.
 
SanDiegoSOD said:
Try this - it works wonders. Search for "Physician Satisfaction by Specialty" (dont use the quotes), click on your second result.
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Sometimes I don't think of the simplest things! That's a great article- thanks!
 
Did anyone else take a look at that survey. I was surprised by the results for geriatric internal medicine. One of the highest satisfaction and lowest dissatisfaction rates. Other winners: derm (duh), pediatrics, neonatal and perinatal, infectious disease, med onc. Some losers: gyn, ob/gyn, ENT, ophthalmology, plastics.

Even the best (geriatrics) had only just over half (59.6%) very satisfied. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, every doc I encountered would say "Don't do it!"
 
I would certainly enjoy seeing some physician satisfaction data on non-traditionals. My experience has been that I've spoken to a number of physicians who didn't recommend medicine as a career. I have never, however, encountered a second-career physician who was unhappy. Perhaps it's because non-traditionals are a group of self-selected individuals who have an extremely strong motivation for medicine - but I don't believe that anyone goes into medicine without a strong motivation. Maybe it's because non-traditionals have had other careers and other lives to compare against the rewards and hassles of medicine.
 
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