A study published this month in the Medical Journal of Australia looks at the level and determinants of job satisfaction between four groups of Australian doctors: general practitioners, specialists, specialists-in-training, and hospital non-specialists. Australian doctors’ satisfaction with their work: results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors, reports on job satisfaction scores for each group, calculated using data from the longitudinal survey of Australian doctors in clinical practice (Medicine in Australia — Balancing Employment and Life [MABEL]).
85.7% of doctors were moderately or very satisfied with their jobs and there were no differences in job satisfaction between GPs, specialists and specialists-in-training. Hospital non-specialists were the least satisfied compared with GPs. "This is the first national survey of job satisfaction for doctors in Australia and it provides an important baseline to examine the impact of future health care reforms and other policy changes on the job satisfaction of doctors."
MJA 2011; 194 (1): 30-33. Contact your library if you have trouble accessing the full text.
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