Australian orthopaedic surgeons are satisfied with their Jobs

Job satisfaction has recently featured in many journals and in the media, as our society grows more astute of the psychosocial well-being of health care professionals. Job satisfaction is a dynamic concept based on cognition and affect – two linked domains of the human psyche. It has been traditionally described as “a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences” [1]. Put simply, it is a description of how happy one is with their jobs.