Researchers compared infectious diseases with three other similarly sized, primarily cognitive medical specialties and found that ID led the pack in the number of published journal articles, guidelines and new FDA-approved drugs.
But ID ranked last in a fourth category: compensation.
The perceived drawbacks of a career in ID — including a high rate of burnout and lower pay compared with other specialties — have frequently been cited as barriers to recruiting physicians to a field whose importance has seemingly grown in recent years.
Despite a general feeling that the COVID-19