Physician Career Satisfaction Across Specialties: Are We Getting the True Picture (original) (raw)

Physician career satisfaction within specialties

BMC Health Services Research, 2009

Background: Specialty-specific data on career satisfaction may be useful for understanding physician workforce trends and for counseling medical students about career options.

Cornerstones of career satisfaction in medicine

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie

To establish a reliable and concise measure of career satisfaction that covers all 4 of its dimensions and to document higher dimensions of satisfaction among the major medical specialties and across varying patterns of clinical practice. In 2004, we conducted a stratified, cross-sectional survey of physicians in Canada. Of the eligible population, 2810 physicians (56.7%) responded. We checked response bias and found it was negligible. Responding physicians completed a 17-item measure of career satisfaction along with a detailed breakdown of clinical, academic, and administrative duties. We used confirmatory factor analysis to verify the existence of the hypothesized dimensions of higher-order satisfaction. We then used Scheffe's tests to document differences in the levels of all satisfaction dimensions, both among specializations and by clinical practice profile. Factor analysis revealed 4 reliable dimensions of satisfaction: personal (alpha = 0.85), professional (alpha = 0.78)...

Physicians’ job satisfaction in their begin, mid and end career stage

Journal of Hospital Administration, 2016

Objective: To examine whether physicians differ in job satisfaction in different career stages, controlling for "gender", "specialty area" and "level of income". Methods: Survey of three cohorts of physicians who started studying in 1972-75 (n = 704), 1982/83 (n = 301) and 1992/93 (n = 296) at the University of Groningen. Physicians in the begin, mid and end career stage practiced for 10, 20 and 30 years respectively. Data were collected by telephonic interviews and written questionnaires. We selected 13 job satisfaction aspects which could be mapped unto Ostroff's taxonomy of organizational climate perceptions. Influences of gender, specialty area and level of income were taken into account. Results: Physicians in begin, mid and end career stage differed on eight aspects. Taking into account gender, specialty area and level of income, differences between career stages were significant for three aspects: appreciation from support personnel, appreciation from patients and satisfaction with income. Specialty area was the most important covariate. Conclusions: Physicians from different career stages differed in job satisfaction, but specialty area accounted to a large extent for these differences. We recommend taking into account physicians' career stage, gender and specialty area when studying physicians' job satisfaction.

Professional Satisfaction and the Career Plans of US Physicians

Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2017

To evaluate the relationship between burnout, satisfaction with electronic health records and work-life integration, and the career plans of US physicians. Physicians across all specialties in the United States were surveyed between August 28, 2014, and October 6, 2014. Physicians provided information regarding the likelihood of reducing clinical hours in the next 12 months and the likelihood of leaving current practice within the next 24 months. Of 35,922 physicians contacted, 6880 (19.2%) returned surveys. Of the 6695 physicians in clinical practice at the time of the survey (97.3%), 1275 of the 6452 who responded (19.8%) reported it was likely or definite that they would reduce clinical work hours in the next 12 months, and 1726 of the 6496 who responded (26.6%) indicated it was likely or definite that they would leave their current practice in the next 2 years. Of the latter group, 126 (1.9% of the 6695 physicians in clinical practice at the time of the survey) indicated that th...

Determinants of Physicians’ Job Satisfaction

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ]

Objectives: Physician satisfaction with their job can lead to a better quality of care, fewer chances of making errors, and better patient outcomes. The purpose of the study was to examine physician satisfaction; and to assess job satisfaction across several factors, such as quality of care, ease of practice, relationship with leadership, and inter-professional collaboration. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected between July 2019 and January 2020. Participants provided demographic information and completed surveys related to physician satisfaction (13-item Likert type items on a scale from 1 to 5), and inter-professional collaboration (15-item, 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 for “strongly disagree” to 4 for “strongly agree”). Multiple linear regressions were used to determine the relationship between overall job satisfaction and demographic features and inter-professional collaboration. Results: Out of 396 physicians who were contacted, 35...

Physician job satisfaction

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1997

The purpose of this study was to develop a current and comprehensive model of physician job satisfaction. Information was gathered by (1) analysis of open-ended responses from a large group practice physician survey in 1988, and (2) analysis of focus group data of diverse physician subgroups from 1995. Participants were 302 physicians from large-group practices and 26 participants in six focus groups of HMO, women, minority, and inner-city physicians. Data were used to develop a comprehensive model of physician job satisfaction. The large group practice survey data supported the key importance of day-to-day practice environment and relationships with patients and physician peers. Future concerns focused on the effect of managed care on the physician-patient relationship and the ability of physicians to provide quality care. Focus groups provided contemporary data on physician job satisfaction, reinforcing the centrality of relationships as well as special issues for diverse physician subgroups of practicing physicians. New variables that relate to physician job satisfaction have emerged from economic and organizational changes in medicine and from increasing heterogeneity of physicians with respect to gender, ethnicity, and type of practice. A more comprehensive model of physician job satisfac-tion may enable individual physicians and health care organizations to better understand and improve physician work life.

Physician Job Satisfaction in Primary Care

2008

Method: Self-administered questionnaire which consist of two parts: social and personal characteristic part, and job satisfaction survey part. It was distributed to 262 primary health care physicians in December 2006. Job satisfaction survey studied nine aspects (pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefits, contingent rewards, operating condition, co-workers, nature of work, and communication). Each aspect was studied by 4 items. Job satisfaction measured by 6-likert rating scale, ranging from disagrees very much (rating 1) to agree very much (rating 6).