Before the COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonary medicine specialists were the happiest physician specialty, with 89 percent describing themselves as either happy or very happy outside of work, according to Medscape’s Feb. 24 report on physician burnout and happiness, which surveyed 9,100 practicing physicians. After the pandemic, only 59 percent of pulmonary medicine physicians reported feeling happy or very happy.
Happiest physician specialties before, after the COVID-19 pandemic
