Health Exec (1/21, O’Connor) reported, “Physicians working across all medical specialties are more stressed than ever, with 47% of the workforce feeling burned out, according to new survey data from Medscape.” The “figure is up from last year’s mark of 42%, with major increases among emergency settings and providers.” Emergency physicians “were followed by those working in critical care (56%), OB/GYN (53%), infectious disease (51%) and family medicine (51%).” Meanwhile, “The least burned-out specialties included public health & preventative medicine (26%), dermatology (33%), pathology (35%) and oncology (36%).”
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— “Burnout is up compared to last year, with nearly 50% of physicians now affected “Matt O’Connor, Health Exec, January 21, 2022