5 Medical Specialties with the Most Burnout in 2024

49% of physicians report being burnt out, but which specialties have the greatest rates of burnout?🔥 After 3 years of steady increase, physician burnout and depression finally declined for the first time since 2020. However, there’s still a long way to go to get those numbers down.
Let’s dig into the findings of the 2024 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report: www.medscape.com/slideshow/20...
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Emergency Medicine
02:41 OB/GYN
03:59 Oncology
05:23 Pediatrics
07:22 Family Medicine
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[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Are the results what you expected?

[@aayusharyal8468]

When you say oncology does that include all doctors in oncology like Radiation oncology?

[@denisejohnson4037]

Can you do a video on neonatologist?

[@daviddumitrascu2478]

Neurosurgery: Am I a joke to you?

[@leonardoospino3497]

they are burned it's just that their heat/pain receptors don't work anymore.

[@caleblee789]

They didn’t have time to fill out the survey

[@Gtx-ij9ff]

Neurosurgery actually has a surprisingly lower burnout rate than one would expect, it is 52% compared to the overall resident average of 51%. In some smaller hospitals apparently it was one of the lowest burnout specialty. Possibly because it's so selective that only people who really want to do it end up doing it

[@dr.anjanbanerjee]

Maybe the Pay compensates for the burnout. I guess they are the Top Earners Of all.

[@user-xh3gv9zr8d]

@@caleblee789😂😂😂😂

[@_jules_perez_]

For those who want a quick list: 1. EM 2. OB/GYN 3. Oncology 4. Peds 5. Family

[@_jules_perez_]

6. Radiology 7. Pulmonary 8. Anesthesiology 9. Gastroenterology 10. Internal

[@tgreetsy1201]

@@_jules_perez_ Anesthesiology is the surprise here to me. Good lifestyle but they are starting to have to work more for the same pay so I guess that might be the contributing factor

[@Coconinga]

@@tgreetsy1201 Isn't that most of medicine? more work for less pay

[@michigan1085]

thank you!

[@owojorisamuel9434]

Where is Neurosurgery? 😅

[@thunderfreeze1544]

Can you do one on the least burnout

[@ClayOptimus]

that's easy brah, Dermatology and Dermatology alone

[@victore.1509]

Psych resident here. Psych is up there too. Regular business hours and compensation is great. (Particularly child adolescent psych private practice, 500K+)

[@ClayOptimus]

@@victore.1509 untill u get hit on the face by a psych patient cuz he wanted to "know how it feels to hit a Doc"🌝😛

[@WasabiSniffer]

i'm still in med school. the pre-clinical/didactic director is an EM doc, and the way she acts and talks to us, it's like she wants us to burn out as students, like it's normal. and not just studying our asses off, she literally told us over christmas break, "maybe you guys shouldn't go home for the holidays. or, instead of seeing your family for 3 days, see them for one." yeah, that's great for mental health.

[@mafranciscacorreia8852]

Wrh that's totally unhealthy, as an also med student that's the way to lose urself in med frrr, I hope no one of you guys hear her

[@doctordhruv2595]

Don't listen to her.. otherwise you ll regret it later.

[@RP13433]

Ngl this was an informative video and guess the secondary video will come soon great work! Secondary video would help as apps are about to open so would love to have that!

[@miller4190]

EM docs represent! Wait wait

[@joebitar7561]

Can you do a video about international students (in US colleges) that are not US citizens/residents, and cover the stats, difficulty, success rate and how to stand out. Would really appreciate this. Thanks

[@christibrown]

yes!

[@jessicazhou9724]

Yes! Would appreciate a video for USMDs who are international students!

[@mohamedscore46]

As long as you know how to manage the time and money , u gonna be fine

[@kandiikill577]

Psychiatry: are we even real?

[@alexanderlopez-dt9ty]

Do, “So, you want to be an Oncologist.” Please 😢 Dr Jubbal

[@LoveMyAwesomeSwagger]

Please do one on least burnt out !!

[@Alfeco-dm7uk]

During the medical internship, do you rotate through different areas??? In residency, you are stuck in the chosen area of your interest, but that first year of internship, do you rotate???

[@uo.2103]

You rotate in the last 2 years of medical school (depending on the school). Throughout residency you rotate within your specialty. For example a general surgery resident rotates in cardiovascular surgery, burn surgery, ICU, GI, transplant, etc.

I love your videos.

[@McKenzieBrown-ey7tq]

I love your videos! You should make one on being a medical geneticsist!

[@2134knees]

Agreed

[@adhamalbulushi5120]

Nice work pointing the problem but what about solutions?

[@chimenya7732]

May you also do hematology

[@therambler3713]

Alwaye loved emergency medicine and it was initially my number one choice. But the work/life balance is just insane. I enjoy my hobbies outside work. And I want to spend more time with my wife and kids.

[@VegetarianTrex]

Yall really need to do a video on Veterinary Medicine and One Health. Veterinarians are critical for human and animal health, often on the front lines of zoonotic disease (HPAI, Swine Flu, Rabies, ect). We also do all the same things as in human med, but our paitents cant talk. Its truly a wonderful field and I truly think some level of physician burnout would be solved if people really considered vet med before jumping directly to human med.

[@Rainbowofthefallen]

Just commenting for the algorithm 🧡

[@Kanyovu]

In my opinion, it doesn't matter if you are burned out,what matters is that you are happy in your field. That way, you can balance between work and home with family. If there are more physicians in a particular field, the burnouts and burdens are lessened. Therefore, accounting for more free time between them.

[@AdmiralofU2]

I look at the billing and insurance and think only in America.

[@reenanwa]

the obgyn vs urology pay difference is so annoying

[@Bob_Diesel]

Why?

[@Kaarismaa]

Just based off how much money they make the hospital. Urology clinic is 30 pts per day with a significant chunk having scopes/stents/removals/etc coupled with (typically) more surgery days in a wk than ob/gyns

[@reenanwa]

@@Kaarismaa including c sections?

[@Toogaytoofunction]

I agree! Obgyns take care of two or more patients at a time. They should be among the highest paid in my opinion.

[@raefnizar6501]

Strange that internal medicine is not in the top 5

[@kirinnaicker8871]

It is but I think because there’s so many sub categories of internal so it gets dispersed

[@hashpreetkaur1701]

How can an Indian student after +2 apply for America's military doctor?

[@drkhan5057]

Thoracic surgery specially for residents

[@JawadAli-vo3dh]

Sir orthopedic pain Management doctors

[@FALO1995]

Where is General Surgery? 😅

[@user-iq7eb6rw9y]

Dr. Mike😬😬😂😂🌹🌹

[@blackbutterfly233ify]

Can you make a video on medical jobs without a medical degree?

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Yes. We are working on something along those lines this year.

[@reddbendd]

Pediatric emergency medicine ????

[@Loop_hole1]

Love the vid! Can you do so you want to be a crna?

[@pickle.786]

so primary care

[@Parker53151]

Which specialities have the lowest rate of burnout?

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Great idea for a follow up video!

[@missWOW961]

Greece here. I don't agree

[@orlandofurioso7329]

Urology: "Hi there"

[@shches8480]

I have some reservations about blaming homeless patients for faking their condition so that they receive shelter and a meal. I understand the ER is - or should be -a place used for real medical emergencies but lets blame systems for not adequately addressing a person's social or economic needs and not people themselves. What about the SDOH? Isn't health and well-being related to and affected by issues such as income, education and employment? Perhaps some homeless patients might be guilty of malingering but I'm sure a large majority are acutely or chronically ill because they don't have access to a primary care doctor, NP or PA.

[@reenanwa]

literally

[@Niyariii]

It didn’t seem like he was blaming the homeless, simply acknowledging the strain on emergency departments caused by patients incorrectly going there for services best provided by other means. Obviously the issue is derived from a misallocation of resources and some people having less options than others, but we should be able to acknowledge that a problem exists without jumping to misconstrue an important fact

[@NishantGogna]

In this economy, everyone is SDOH for economic circumstances

[@shches8480]

@@Niyariii Fair point. My point is this: when you have no income what other services are there to access? I'm sorry to point this out but in the US, health isn't treated as a fundamental human right but is instead regarded as a matter of privilege for those who can afford care. Although he may not have meant to construe all the homeless as vagrants that was definitely mentioned directly in the video. This contributes to stigma and stereotyping. Acknowledge the problem yes but we should be mindful of our beliefs and values and how they impact our practice.

[@Niyariii]

@@shches8480 I don’t think anyone is disputing the idea that impoverished people lack options for services, you’re not stumbling onto any hidden knowledge. As far as I can tell the video maker simply said homeless people put additional strain on our medical services, which is true. At no point was anyone blamed for being homeless, he simply acknowledged a reason as to why our systems are overwhelmed. I just don’t see how you interpreted such a banal statement in such a negative manner, it seems like a bit of a stretch I edited my comment because you seem like a genuine person trying your best to advocate for those of us who have the least. I hope I didn’t come off as rude

[@ef2883]

sounds inaccurate

[@wadeinskeep4866]

Image treating a bunch of knocked up Karens.

[@itsrjchakma8284]

Hur bc

[@OvenStudios]

people are just lazy lately

[@mustafabarzanji9280]

I agree. If you don't want to work 90 hour weeks and take no time off, go live in socialist europe where ye belong!