Medscape asked orthopedists the most rewarding as well as the most challenging aspects of their jobs in its "Orthopedist Compensation Report 2017."
Here are their answers:
Most rewarding
• Gratitude/relationships with patients — 40 percent
• Being very good at what I do/finding answers, diagnoses — 32 percent
• Making good money at a job that I like — 12 percent
• Knowing that I'm making the world a better place — 9 percent
• Being proud of being a doctor — 5 percent
• Nothing — 1 percent
Most challenging
• Having so many rules and regulations — 31 percent
• Having to work longer hours for less money — 17 percent
• Difficulties getting fair reimbursement from Medicare and other insurers — 16 percent
• Dealing with difficult patients — 13 percent
• Having to work with an EHR system — 11 percent
• Worrying about being sued — 7 percent