What is the happiest medical specialty?

Per Medscape's report, the happiest specialties at work were dermatology at number one, ophthalmology at number two, allergy and immunology at number three, followed by a three way tie between orthopedic surgery, psychiatry, and pulmonary medicine.
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What is the least stressful medical specialty?

Least stressful specialties by burnout rate
  • Plastic surgery: 23%. ...
  • Dermatology: 32%. ...
  • Pathology: 32%. ...
  • Ophthalmology: 33%. ...
  • Orthopedics: 34%. ...
  • Emergency medicine: 45%. ...
  • Internal medicine: 46%. ...
  • Obstetrics and gynecology: 46%.
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Which medical Specialities have the best lifestyle?

The ROAD specialties, standing for radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, and dermatology have historically been the best for those optimizing for lifestyle.
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Which medical specialty is the most stressful?

For the most stressful medical job, the highest percentages of burnout occurred among these medical specialties:
  • Critical care: 48 percent.
  • Neurology: 48 percent.
  • Family medicine: 47 percent.
  • Obstetrics and gynecology: 46 percent.
  • Internal medicine: 46 percent.
  • Emergency medicine: 45 percent.
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What is the easiest medical specialty?

The following 6 medical specialties are those that ranked lowest, and are therefore the easiest to match into, relatively speaking.
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The 6 least competitive medical specialties are:
  • Family Medicine.
  • Pediatrics.
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • Psychiatry.
  • Anesthesiology.
  • Emergency Medicine.
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5 Happiest Types of Doctors by Specialty



Which doctors have most free time?

Dentists and Cosmetic Surgeons definitely are the Doctors to get the most leisure time because of it being a non emergency branch.
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What is the hardest doctor to become?

Competitive programs that are the most difficult to match into include:
  • Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.
  • Dermatology.
  • General Surgery.
  • Neurosurgery.
  • Orthopedic Surgery.
  • Ophthalmology.
  • Otolaryngology.
  • Plastic Surgery.
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Which physicians are the happiest?

Happiness outside of work
  • Rheumatology; General Surgery: 60%
  • Public Health & Preventive Medicine; Allergy & Immunology: 59%
  • Orthopedics; Urology; Ophthalmology: 58%
  • Pediatrics: 57%
  • Dermatology: 56%
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Which specialty has highest burnout?

Emergency medicine physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all physician specialties, according to a Medscape's 2022 Physician Burnout and Depression report.
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Which doctor has the least burnout?

The lowest rates of burnout were reported by physicians in these medical specialties:
  • Public health and preventive medicine: 29%.
  • Ophthalmology: 30%.
  • Orthopedics: 34%.
  • Psychiatry: 35%.
  • Otolaryngology: 35%.
  • General surgery: 35%.
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What doctor specialty works the least hours?

With that said, here are the 10 doctor specialties with the lowest hourly rate.
  • 8 | Allergy & Immunology. ...
  • 7 | Preventive Medicine. ...
  • 6 | Rheumatology. ...
  • 5 | Endocrinology. ...
  • 4 | Pediatrics. ...
  • 3 | Infectious Disease. ...
  • 2 | Internal Medicine. ...
  • 1 | Family Medicine. And finally, the specialty with the lowest hourly rate is family medicine.
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Which doctors are most satisfied with their careers?

According to the new report, the doctors with the highest career satisfaction are dermatologists (63%), followed by pathologists and psychiatrists (both 57%). Those with the least satisfaction are internists (47%) and then nephrologists and general surgeons (48% and 49%, respectively).
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What type of doctor has the most flexible schedule?

Respondents gave these specialties the highest average rating for work hours and schedule flexibility:
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation.
  • Dermatology.
  • Radiation oncology.
  • Orthopedic surgery.
  • Emergency medicine.
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Do doctors regret becoming doctors?

A recent cohort JAMA study on physician burnout and regret found that 45.2 percent of second-year residents reported burnout, while 14 percent had career choice regret, (defined as whether, if able to revisit career choice, the resident would choose to become a physician again).
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What are the lowest paid doctors?

Here are the 10 lowest-paid physician specialties in 2021:
  • Pediatric endocrinology: $220,358.
  • Pediatric hematology and oncology: $238,783.
  • Pediatric nephrology: $247,861.
  • Pediatrics: $251,657.
  • Medical genetics: $254,128.
  • Pediatric pulmonology: $263,106.
  • Medicine/pediatrics: $264,254.
  • Preventive medicine: $264,539.
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What is the hardest residency to get into?

Most Competitive Residency Programs Based on Fill-Rate
  • Medicine - Emergency Medicine. ...
  • Neurological Surgery. ...
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. ...
  • Integrated Plastic Surgery. ...
  • Thoracic Surgery.
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What percent of doctors are unhappy?

The data show only a slight dip in the doctors who are satisfied with their jobs. They range from 37-39%. Extremely/Very Dissatisfied doctors ranged from 13-15%.
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Are doctors happy?

Doctors rate their happiness above average. At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, doctors rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 34% of careers.
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Are doctors under a lot of stress?

Doctors, by the nature of their profession, have a higher risk of being depressed, anxious, using substances to dull their pain or increase their alertness, and a higher suicide risk, compared to the general public. Their hours of work are not only long but filled with intense pressure.
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Which specialty has smartest doctors?

When society generally thinks of doctors, they are thinking of internists. They are often the smartest and most well- rounded physicians due to the breadth of knowledge they (along with family medicine physicians) often carry.
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What is the richest type of doctor?

RELATED: The list of the top 10 highest physician salaries by specialty for 2019
  • Neurosurgery — $746,544.
  • Thoracic surgery — $668,350.
  • Orthopedic surgery — $605,330.
  • Plastic surgery — $539,208.
  • Oral and maxillofacial — $538,590.
  • Vascular surgery — $534,508.
  • Cardiology — $527,231.
  • Radiation oncology — $516,016.
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What is the easiest type of surgeon?

First, because general surgery is compensated less than other specialties, is the easiest surgical specialty to get into, and deals with a lot of more nausea-inducing pathologies, I've heard other medical students or doctors suggest that general surgery is for people who couldn't get into a more competitive and “better ...
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Which branch of medicine is the hardest?

  • emergency medicine.
  • general practice.
  • critical care.
  • prognoses like pediatric oncology.
  • gynecologic oncology.
  • veterinary medicine.
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What doctor works the most hours?

The specialties in which physicians are more likely to work 51 or more hours a week are:
  • General surgery: 77 percent.
  • Urology: 76 percent.
  • Cardiology: 72 percent.
  • Pulmonary medicine: 68 percent.
  • Nephrology: 68 percent.
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