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What type of doctor works the least?
The 6 least competitive medical specialties are:
- Family Medicine.
- Pediatrics.
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Psychiatry.
- Anesthesiology.
- Emergency Medicine.
Can you work less hours as a doctor?
You work long hours no matter what specialty you are in. Then each year beyond that, for most specialties, the hours get shorter and shorter (but probably never less than 8 hours at least if not 10–12 hours per day at the minimum). After you are done with residency, then you are now an attending physician.
What doctors work the best hours?
Here is our list of the top 10 happiest doctor specialties according to work-life balance and personality:
- Family Medicine.
- Diagnostic Radiology.
- Dermatology.
- Anesthesiology.
- Ophthalmology.
- Pediatrics.
- Psychiatry.
- Clinical Immunology/Allergy.
What is the least time-demanding specialty for a doctor?
The least time-demanding specialties are probably radiology, psychiatry, etc. Most physicians will work a lot because they like to work or they want to make more income. I would not recommend choosing a specialty based on the number of hours worked but rather on the professional satisfaction it provides.
Do part time doctors work a lot of hours?
Part time doctors work fewer hours. This is generally only possible if they work in a practice where the partners are willing to carry more than their share of the load. The least time-demanding specialties are probably radiology, psychiatry, etc. Most physicians will work a lot because they like to work or they want to make more income.
Do family physicians work longer hours than other specialists?
The study used working hours of family physicians as the basis and compared other specialty with the time family doctors spent in the workplace per year. It found that vascular surgeons spent 888 hours more than their colleagues working in family practice while pediatric emergency doctors work 440 hours less than family physicians.
Do ER doctors work harder than other doctors?
If you are asking about “which specialty,” there is no one answer. To say an ER or ICU doctor works many hours compared to others would be not definitionally true. While they may work harder during the hours that they’re there, they are most typically working for a defined shift.