The offices and examining rooms of most physicians are well equipped, attractive, well lighted, and well ventilated. There is usually at least one nurse-receptionist on the physician's staff, and there may be several nurses, a laboratory technician, one or more secretaries, a bookkeeper, or receptionist.

Physicians usually see patients by appointments that are scheduled according to individual requirements. They may reserve all mornings for hospital visits and surgery. They may see patients in the office only on certain days of the week. Sixty percent of endocrinologists surveyed by Medscape, a medical informatics firm, in 2018 spent 40 to 45 hours a week seeing patients. Sixteen percent saw patients for 46 hours or more per week.

Eighty-two percent of endocrinologists surveyed by Medscape in 2018 said that they would choose the same specialty if they were starting their career again.

Endocrinologists

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