[The evaluation by physicians of conditions of their professional activity]

The occupational safety is one of the important conditions of efficient work of physician. The purpose of the study is to analyze how physicians assess conditions of their professional activity. The sociological survey of 404 physicians working in state and commercial medical organizations of Voronezh was carried out using specially designed questionnaire. The analytical and mathematical statistical research methods were applied. The survey established that 52.6% of respondents considered their working conditions as completely safe and 35.2% considered that they were rather safe. At that, there were no significant differences in opinion on this issue among therapists and surgeons, as well as among ones working in in-patient and out-patient conditions. However, in private medical organizations, 62.5% of respondents working in-patient conditions and 33.3% working in out-patient conditions considered their work as completely safe. The main factor of possible violation of safety of their professional activities was intensity of labor process, associated, among other things, with greater responsibility for patients. The majority of respondents (89.1%) reported presence of certain stressful situations in course of their professional activities. This opinion did not depend on gender/ At that, surgeons indicated more frequently presence of these situations (63.2% and 51.3%). The surgeons more often than therapists indicated importance of such factors as personal qualities of character, level of motivation, specialty, age and work experience. The identified characteristics of assessment of working conditions by physicians are recommended to consider in development of improving measures.