Seventy percent or more of female physicians across at least 14 specialties said they would choose medicine again if they had to start their career again, according to Medscape's 2023 "Female Physician Compensation Report."
Here are the percentages of female physicians who would choose medicine again by specialty:
Cardiology: 82%
Dermatology: 82%
Psychiatry: 81%
Allergy and immunology: 80%
Neurology: 79%
Rheumatology: 78%
Pathology: 77%
Pediatrics: 74%
Public health and preventive medicine: 74%
Radiology: 74%
Ophthalmology: 73%
Infectious diseases: 72%
Internal medicine: 72%
Anesthesiology: 71%
Critical care: 68%
Family medicine: 68%
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 67%
General surgery: 65%
OB-GYN: 64%
Diabetes and endocrinology: 64%
Emergency medicine: 57%
Nephrology: 53%