Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2019
Forty-four percent of physicians are burned out, and burnout is most prevalent among urologists, according to Medscape‘s National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019.
Notably, 39 percent of male physicians reported experiencing burnout, compared to 50 percent of female physicians.
Medscape surveyed 15,069 physicians in 29-plus specialties about burnout and depression. Burnout is defined as long-term, unresolvable job stress that leads to exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed, cynical, detached and personally unfulfilled.
The most burned-out specialties ranked:
1. Urology: 54 percent
2. Neurology: 53 percent
3. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 52 percent
4. Internal medicine:...