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PMID: 20869635 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The medical profession has undergone a significant demographic change, with a dramatic increase in the number of women applying to medical school and practicing medicine. OBJECTIVES: In recognition of the changing demographics in the medical profession, the American Medical Association's Women Physicians Congress (AMA-WPC) conducted a members' survey to identify the issues affecting women physicians and to ascertain certain practice characteristics. METHODS: In 2008, an e-mail survey link was sent to a randomly selected nationwide sample of 4992 WPC members, and a second, identical survey was sent to 596 female AMA members, utilizing the Epocrates database (Epocrates, Inc., San Mateo, California). Two e-mail reminders were sent for the first survey, which had a 15% response rate. A quota of 148 physicians was received within 4 days and was utilized to interpret results from the second survey. RESULTS: Achieving work-life balance was a significant concern for 91% of the respondents (n = 884). Half of the respondents believed that pay is gender neutral, and 28% indicated that they were "somewhat or very concerned about sexual harassment". When queried regarding practice patterns, 29% of respondents indicated that they had worked part-time at some point during their careers. CONCLUSIONS: In this survey, women physicians indicated that gender pay disparity and sexual harassment remain important issues in the medical profession. Less than a third of respondents had ever worked part-time, which should be a consideration for physician workforce studies. Barriers to part-time practice may exist. |
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Authors:
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Erin E Tracy; Jennifer L Wiler; Jolie C Holschen; Soha Sumanchandra Patel; Kristin Ondecko Ligda |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Gender medicine Volume: 7 ISSN: 1878-7398 ISO Abbreviation: Gend Med Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
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Created Date: 2010-09-27 Completed Date: 2011-01-10 Revised Date: 2011-01-24 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101225178 Medline TA: Gend Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 350-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Excerpta Medica Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02180, USA. EETracy@partners.org |
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Adult Aged Data Collection Employment Female Humans Job Satisfaction Leisure Activities / psychology Middle Aged Physicians, Women* Quality of Life / psychology Questionnaires Salaries and Fringe Benefits* Sexual Harassment United States Work Schedule Tolerance* / psychology |
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