Emergency medicine physicians are the most burnt out physician specialists for the second year in a row, with 63% experiencing burnout, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report," published Jan. 24.
For the report, Medscape polled 9,226 practicing U.S. physicians across more than 29 specialties from July 5 to Oct. 9.
Here are 25 physician specialties and the corresponding percentages of burnt-out practitioners:
Emergency medicine: 63%
OB-GYN: 53%
Oncology: 53%
Pediatrics: 51%
Family medicine: 51%
Radiology: 51%
Pulmonary medicine: 50%
Anesthesiology: 50%
Gastroenterology: 50%
Internal medicine: 50%
Urology: 49%
Cardiology: 47%
Nephrology: 46%
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 46%
Dermatology: 46%
Critical care: 45%
General surgery: 45%
Diabetes and endocrinology: 44%
Neurology: 44%
Orthopedics: 44%
Otolaryngology: 43%
Pathology: 41%
Psychiatry: 39%
Ophthalmology: 39%
Plastic surgery: 37%