Family medicine and internal medicine follow closely at 54%. in last year's report, the highest percentages of burnout were in critical care (53%) and emergency medicine (52%).. Emergency medicine cases (em cases) is a free online medical education podcast, medical blog and website dedicated to providing online emergency medicine education and cme for physicians, residents, students nurses and paramedics.. Emergency physicians experience burnout at a rate of more than three times that of the average doctor and more than anyone else inside or outside of the medical field, according to a study published in the archives of internal medicine. the study surveyed over 7000 physicians in more than two dozen.
Emergency medicine, general internal medicine, neurology, and family medicine had the highest rates of burnout. but when adjusted for age, sex, call schedule, relationship status, hours worked, years since graduation from medical school, and other factors, there was no contest for the top spot.. Emergency medicine physicians were given a list of stressors and asked to rate how important they were as a cause of burnout on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 = not at all important and 7 = extremely. Wellness matter in emergency medicine? compared to the general population, physicians have higher burnout and suicide rates, and emergency medicine has the highest rates of burnout.
