- Dermatology: 73%, a 9% decrease over last year
- Primary Care: 72%, virtually unchanged from last year
- Orthopedic Surgery: 65%, a new entry this year
- Emergency Medicine: 57%, an 8% decrease over last year
As one clinician commented, being “First assistant in surgery” makes a difference in their job satisfaction.
MOST SATISFIED BY PRACTICE SETTING
Working conditions and coworker collegiality are integral to job satisfaction. To learn more about these factors, we asked you to identify the practice settings where you work.
- Academic setting (faculty); school/college health services
- Hospital: inpatient care; outpatient setting or community clinic
- Locum
- Physician practice: solo; single-specialty; multi-specialty
- Public health/occupational health setting; military/government
- Retail/convenient care; urgent care clinic
- Skilled nursing/long-term care facility
We also asked how often you typically feel satisfied with your job, with 5 answer choices ranging from “Never” to “Always.”
To see what your colleagues said, go to the next page