Happiest specialists before COVID-19:
Pulmonary medicine: 89 percent felt happy or very happy outside of work
Pediatrics: 87 percent
Orthopedics: 87 percent
Emergency medicine: 87 percent
Critical care: 86 percent
Radiology: 86 percent
Pathology: 85 percent
Anesthesiology: 85 percent
Ophthalmology: 85 percent
Family medicine: 85 percent
Dermatology: 85 percent
Plastic surgery: 85 percent
Otolaryngology: 84 percent
Obstetrics and gynecology: 84 percent
Internal medicine: 84 percent
Gastroenterology: 83 percent
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 83 percent
Infectious diseases: 82 percent
Cardiology: 82 percent
Public health and preventive medicine: 82 percent
General surgery: 82 percent
Psychiatry: 82 percent
Diabetes and endocrinology: 81 percent
Urology: 81 percent
Oncology: 80 percent
Nephrology: 79 percent
Allergy and immunology: 79 percent
Neurology: 79 percent
Rheumatology: 76 percent
Happiest specialist after COVID-19:
Plastic surgery: 71 percent
Public health and preventive medicine: 69 percent
Orthopedics: 65 percent
Otolaryngology: 65 percent
Urology: 63 percent
Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 63 percent
Ophthalmology: 62 percent
Dermatology: 62 percent
Pathology: 62 percent
Gastroenterology: 62 percent
Radiology: 61 percent
Pediatrics: 60 percent
General surgery: 59 percent
Pulmonary medicine: 59 percent
Nephrology: 58 percent
Diabetes and endocrinology: 58 percent
Psychiatry: 58 percent
Anesthesiology: 58 percent
Obstetrics and gynecology: 57 percent
Internal medicine: 57 percent
Family medicine: 56 percent
Cardiology: 56 percent
Emergency medicine: 55 percent
Critical care: 55 percent
Allergy and immunology: 55 percent
Neurology: 54 percent
Oncology: 51 percent
Rheumatology: 51 percent
Infectious diseases: 47 percent
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