Job satisfaction among doctors at jinnah hospital,Lahore

Background: a doctor's profession is mentally,physically and emotionally grueling. job satisfaction is an important factor in a doctor's profession and it forms the basis of a doctor's dedication,his attitude towards his patients and his quality of work. dissatisfaction with their jobs is more likely to result in patient negligence. the focus of this study is to access the satisfaction of the doctors and the factors which affect the satisfaction levels among the doctors working in different medical and surgical fields of jinnah hospital,lahore. aim: to investigate the job satisfaction level among doctors working in jinnah hospital,lahore. methods: a questionnaire was given to the doctors working at jinnah hospital,lahore,willing to fill in the information in a cross-sectional (non-analytical) research study,carried out from october 2016 to november 2016.a total of 200 questionnaires were filled with in the due time. questions included satisfaction with respect to working hours,income,designation,working environment and work load. results: out of 200 respondents majority were male i.e.,104(52%) and the remaining 96(48%) were females. overall 34% doctors were dissatisfied with their jobs and 27.5% were satisfied. both genders were almost equally dissatisfied with their working hours. differences were seen in the job satisfaction levels of doctors working in different specialties. with respect to satisfaction with pay according to working hours,majority of the doctors were dissatisfied. main factors contributing to dissatisfaction are frustration with current salary packages,resources provided and government's promotion policies. conclusion: job satisfaction level was found to be lower than dissatisfaction level among the doctors working in jinnah hospital,lahore,although the majority was neutral with respect to job satisfaction.