Another issue is medical practice burdens, which have caused nearly one in five physicians and residents to be willing to consider changing their career path if the opportunity arose. They attribute the main problems to poor work/life balance and administrative burdens, saying that an inability to balance work and a personal life, and student debt hinder their full potential.

Minor predicts that modernizing curriculum and training programs will ensure that current and future physicians become more confident in their abilities to leverage new technologies.


“More than anything, I think we will see physicians across every area and specialty who are more equipped to predict, prevent, and treat every kind of disease,” said Minor. “These data-oriented subjects will empower the radiologist to leverage algorithms to help detect abnormalities just as much as they will empower the primary care physician to leverage genetic risk assessments to create a personalized health plan for their patients.”

Stanford Medicine conducted the survey with Brunswick Insight, a strategic advisory firm for managing critical issues, and spoke with 523 current physicians and 210 medical students and residents between September and October of 2019. Respondents were found on a list of American Medical Association-verified physicians and survey-sample panels of medical professionals.

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