The “Medscape Cardiologist Burnout & Depression Report 2024,” published March 29, surveyed 9,226 physicians across more than 29 specialities between July 5 and Oct. 9.
Seventeen percent of cardiologists reported that their burnout was so severe that they may leave medicine, and only 3% said burnout does not affect their life.
Cardiologists said the top contributors to burnout were too many bureaucratic tasks (69%), too many hours at work (43%) and a lack of respect from administrators/employers, colleagues or staff (40%).
Here are the ways cardiologists said they changed their work environment to reduce burnout (respondents could choose more than one answer):
Spoke with hospital/group administration about productivity pressures: 29%
Make workflow or staff changes to ease workload: 24%
Reduced work hours: 19%
Changed work settings/got a different job: 19%
Sold practice/put it up for sale: 12%
Other: 5%
None of these: 33%
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