Here are seven facts on gastroenterologists’ job satisfaction:
1. Bureaucratic tasks continue to drive physician burnout. Gastroenterologists are spending significant chunks of their day on paperwork and other administrative tasks. The report found:
- 12 percent of respondents spend more than 20 hours a week on paperwork
- 45 percent spend between 10 hours and 19 hours a week on paperwork
- 31 percent spend between five hours and nine hours a week on paperwork
- 13 percent spend less than five hours a week on paperwork
2. Approximately 55 percent of gastroenterologists are seeking a promotion.
3. More women (59 percent) than men (53 percent) are seeking a promotion.
4. Gastroenterologists find many aspects of the job rewarding, including:
- Being very good at what I do — 35 percent
- Gratitude/relationships with patients — 32 percent
- Making good money at a job that I like — 10 percent
- Being proud of being a physicians — 10 percent
- Knowing that I’m making the world a better place — 8 percent
- Nothing — 3 percent
5. Gastroenterologists also find many aspects of the job challenging, including:
- Having so many rules and regulations — 24 percent
- Having to work longer hours for less money — 19 percent
- Dealing with difficult patients — 17 percent
- Difficulties getting fair reimbursement from Medicare and/or other insurers — 16 percent
- Having to work with an EHR system — 10 percent
- Worrying about being sued — 8 percent
6. Eighty-two percent of gastroenterologist would choose medicine again.
7. Ninety percent of gastroenterologists would choose gastroenterology again.
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