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Job satisfaction in Medical Oncology residents

Although oncology is a very rewarding profession it can be also very demanding and stressful, especially during residency. Aim of this study was to fi nd out whether Medical Oncology (MO) residents are satisfi ed with their residency. We spread an anonymous questionnaire among 25 MO residents. The questionnaire was designed to determine job satisfactions among MO residents and factors that led to dissatisfaction. Questionnaire also included part where residents could write down their ideas for improvement of MO residency. 76% of MO residents were satisfi ed with their residency, only 32% of them were satisfi ed with salary, while 28% were thinking about quitt ing residency, 26% were thinking about leaving medicine, and 60% were thinking about going working abroad. Residents were mostly bothered with increased administration workload (64%), limited fi nancial resources for patients (56%), nature of malignant disease (56%), lack of professional accomplishment (56%). Oncology is a fast developing fi eld of medicine which off ers a lot of opportunities for enormous career satisfaction. Advances in science have improved diagnostics, therapy options, treatment outcomes and quality of life for our patients, and made oncology very exciting and intellectually stimulating. But on the other hand, oncologists are constantly faced with complexed individualized treatment decisions, providing support for patients and their family, dealing with death and suff ering, administration of highly toxic therapy, keeping up with rapid scientifi c and treatment advances, fi nancial restrictions, increased workload, administration and legal issues.

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