Physician Satisfaction With Specialty Choice

PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION WITH SPECIALTY CHOICE "As an internist, working in adult outpatient clinics around Boston, I had trouble leaving my work at work. I'd go for a run and spend the entire 30 minutes wondering if I'd ordered the right diagnostic test..I no longer remembered the joy I'd felt when I first began medical school, and I couldn't imagine surviving life as a doctor." Dr. Diane Shannon, Internist 74% Of physicians with their choice are happy and it all over would choose again If you had to do it over, would you pick the same specialty? 50 40 30 20 10 How many physicians would choose their specialty again? 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 AdditiveAnalytics © 2014 Additive Analytics Create infographics infogr.am Ort hopedics 87% %98 Aboj0ɔu0 Psychiatry Pediatrics 83% Cardiology 79% Yes, I love it 51% Neurology 79% Pathology 79% Yes, but Iwish I knew more going in 23% Anest hesiology 76% No, I would swit ch for lif est yle reasons All physicians 74% %9T Surgeons 70% No, I would swit ch for clinical reasons 10% ER Docs Family Medicine 62% Internal Medicine 60% OB/GYN 59%