The AMA collected and analyzed its own data across two studies to show how emergency medicine physicians take time off.
Here are five things to know:
- Of emergency medicine physicians surveyed, 23.8% reported taking more than three weeks of vacation, the lowest amount of any physician specialty surveyed.
- Emergency medicine physicians were least likely to take more than 15 vacation days a year across all specialties.
- Of emergency medicine physicians surveyed, 30.8% reported taking five or fewer paid days off.
- Of emergency medicine physicians surveyed, 76.2% reported taking less than three weeks of paid time off.
- When they did take time off, 39.6% of emergency medicine physicians at academic medical centers reported spending more than 30 minutes working each day of vacation, compared to 14.1% of emergency medicine physicians in private practice.
