At 51 percent, critical care specialists were the most burnt out last year, and among the less burnt out specialties were orthopedics and ENT, according to Medscape’s “Physician Burnout and Suicide Report 2021.”
More than 12,000 physicians across 29 specialties were surveyed about coping with burnout and mental health in 2020.
Forty-two percent of physicians reported they were burned out last year. Here’s a breakdown by specialty:
Critical care: 51 percent
Rheumatology: 50 percent
Infectious diseases: 49 percent
Urology: 49 percent