Journal article
Australian doctors' satisfaction with their work: Results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors
CM Joyce, S Schurer, A Scott, J Humphreys, G Kalb
Medical Journal of Australia | WILEY | Published : 2011
Abstract
Objective: To compare the level and determinants of job satisfaction between four groups of Australian doctors: general practitioners, specialists, specialists-in-training, and hospital non-specialists. Design, participants and setting: National cross-sectional questionnaire survey as part of the baseline cohort of a longitudinal survey of Australian doctors in clinical practice (Medicine in Australia - Balancing Employment and Life [MABEL]), undertaken between June and November 2008, including 5193 Australian doctors (2223 GPs, 2011 specialists, 351 hospital non-specialists, and 608 specialists-in-training) . Main outcome measures: Job satisfaction scores for each group of doctors; the asso..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Health Services research grant and the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. The views in this paper are those of the authors alone. We thank the doctors who gave their valuable time to participate in the Medicine in Australia-Balancing Employment and Life Study; Anne Leahy, Sung-Hee Jeon, Julia Witt, Terence Cheng, Daniel Kuehnle, Matthew McGrail, Michelle Mclsaac, Durga Shrestha, Danny Hills and Peter Sivey for data cleaning and comments; and Rory Wolfe for biostatistical advice.