The “Oncologist Burnout & Depression Report 2024,” released March 29, surveyed 9,226 physicians across more than 29 specialities between July 5 and Oct. 9.
Eighteen percent of oncologists said their burnout is so severe that they may leave medicine. Meanwhile, 5% said burnout did not interfere with their lives. The top contributors to burnout were too many bureaucratic tasks (59%), too many hours at work (47%) and insufficient compensation (37%).
Here are the ways oncologists said they changed their work environment to reduce burnout (respondents could choose more than one answer):
Spoke with hospital/group administration about productivity pressures: 30%
Make workflow or staff changes to ease workload: 28%
Reduced work hours: 26%
Changed work settings/got a different job: 26%
Sold practice/put it up for sale: 12%
Other: 5%
None of these: 33%
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