Physician job satisfaction across six major specialties

Duffy, Ryan D.; Richard, George V.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2005.12.001

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“…35 A study in America showed that job control and rewards were effective in job satisfaction. 34 On the other hand, the average score of educational performance in our study, 78.79 ± 5.81 out of 100 were undesirable. Hence developing the new educational methods such as problem based learning in order to improve the quality of health care as a central mission of medical education are necessary.…”

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confidence: 47%

“…33 Most of our findings, in indicating the job security, income as main dissatisfied aspects and financial obligation, and interest for delivering health care main reasons to work as a family physician, were consistent with other studies in relation to physician rewards in PHC setting especially in countries with active private sector and high income. 13,34 The low income of young family physicians in Iran as compared to specialists lead them to take part in specialty entrance exam for additional revenues so they can diminish low levels of job satisfaction score. Furthermore uncertainty in employment situation (family physicians work as contract or mandatory (legal obligation employees) should decreasing job satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 99%

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What is the relationship between family physicians’ job satisfaction associated and their educational performance?

Jabbari¹,

Pezeshki²,

Naghavi-Behzad³

et al. 2015

J Anal Res Clin Med

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Section: Ir/jarcmmentioning

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What is the relationship between family physicians’ job satisfaction associated and their educational performance?

Jabbari¹,

Pezeshki²,

Naghavi-Behzad³

et al. 2015

J Anal Res Clin Med

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“…Subjective reporting in surveys provides background information on the current working conditions and the job satisfaction among pediatricians [4,7]. Relying only on such reports, however, poses the risk of bias problems [17].…”

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Pediatricians’ working conditions in German hospitals: a real-time task analysis

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Surveys of pediatricians in Germany report low levels of job satisfaction. Preferably, such subjective reports should be corroborated by objective data regarding physicians' working conditions. However, such data in the field of pediatrics could not be found in the scientific literature. The aim of the present observational field study was to collect exact data about pediatricians' workflow in different pediatric hospital departments to evaluate and to optimize work routines. Data of 697 working hours were collected by using Tablet PCs during weekday shifts at three urban German hospitals. Twenty-five pediatricians were observed separately. A pediatrician's workday lasted on average 9 h and 18 min (SD = 0:53:44 h). The following amount of time was spent on various job tasks within this period: 29.80% (SD = 8.25 %) on meetings, 17.54% (SD = 6.51%) on documentation duties, 12.65% (SD = 3.73%) on indirect patient care, 9.22 % (SD = 5.74%) on hospital admissions and ward rounds and 4.03% (SD = 2.49%) on direct patient care. This is the first objective task analysis of physicians' workflow in pediatric hospital wards. Some of the physicians' self-reported problems were verified. Improvements in work organization and a new allocation of responsibilities among the medical staff may prove helpful in improving the quality of patient care by reducing the burden on pediatricians.

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“…27,28 The fact that income predicted higher career satisfaction for obstetrician-gynecologists (P .05) aligns with previous studies linking income to career satisfaction of physicians in general. [5][6][7]29 But the reasons why income predicts satisfaction for obstetrician-gynecologists may be slightly more complex. Higher income in obstetrics and gynecology is associated with a greater sense of personal accomplishment, which may mediate the effect on satisfaction.…”

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“…4 Numerous studies suggest that obstetriciangynecologists are among the least satisfied medical specialists in the country. [5][6][7] This dissatisfaction is thought to have many causes, but 1 suspected culprit is medical malpractice. Fear of litigation in obstetrics and gynecology seems comparable with that of high-risk surgical specialties, 8 which may explain lower career satisfaction.…”

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Patient and Practice Characteristics

Schmidt¹

2015

The Health Care Manager

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This study examined demographic and practice characteristics that affect the career satisfaction of obstetrician-gynecologists. Data were retrieved from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey, conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change. The survey consisted of a nationally representative sample of physicians belonging to the American Medical Association. A final sample of 290 obstetrician-gynecologists was obtained from the study. Results indicated more than 80% of obstetrician-gynecologists were either "somewhat satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their careers in medicine. Nearly 56% were older than 48 years; 59% of respondents were men and 77% were of white race. The average obstetrician-gynecologist worked 54 hours per week in medically related activities. Regression analysis showed a significant relationship between obstetrician-gynecologist career satisfaction and the following: adequate time with patients, perceived quality of care, income, work hours, and revenue from Medicaid. In addition, Hispanic patients and the presence of formal written guidelines had a positive impact on career satisfaction. It was concluded that quality care, time with patients, work hours, and income are the major predictors of obstetrician-gynecologist career satisfaction. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between patient demographics and career satisfaction.

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Physician job satisfaction across six major specialties

Cited by 48 publications

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What is the relationship between family physicians’ job satisfaction associated and their educational performance?

What is the relationship between family physicians’ job satisfaction associated and their educational performance?

Pediatricians’ working conditions in German hospitals: a real-time task analysis

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