Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2019
Angie Stewart

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:...

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