Echoing the survey results—which ranked “Making a difference and providing significant help” as the topmost source of job satisfaction—one of your colleagues commented that, “Ability to offer meaningful support to client needs” affected their satisfaction. On the other hand, though, one clinician wrote, “I feel like we are losing the art of caring and healing because we are rushed/pushed to do and see more.”
Compared to last year, the changes in response are
2% increase: Making a difference and providing significant help
3% increase: Respect received from patients and their families
No change: Relationships with your colleagues
3% increase: Quality and duration of patient relationships
MOST SATISFIED BY SPECIALTY
Knowing that certain specialties offer more advantages than others, we presented a list of 19 medical specialties, asking which is your primary one. We also asked how often you typically feel satisfied with your job, with these answer choices:
- Never
- Occasionally
- About half the time
- Most of the time
- Always
To see what your colleagues said, go to the next page