5 specialties seeing more burnout in 2024

Five physician specialties reported higher burnout rates in Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Burnout and Depression Report” than last year’s report.

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The 2024 report surveyed 9,226 physicians across more than 29 specialties from July 5 to Oct. 9.

Here are the five specialties for which the reported rate of burnout increased between the 2023 and 2024 reports:

Specialty

2023 rate

2024 rate

Percentage increase

Cardiology

43%

47%

4%

Urology

47%

49%

2%

Nephrology

44%

46%

2%

Pathology

39%

41%

2%

Oncology

52%

53%

1%

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