Background: As the first large numbers of female physicians complete their careers,
information is needed to enable institutions and individuals to optimize the final career …

OBJECTIVE: To describe gender differences in job satisfaction, work life issues, and burnout
of US physicians. DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS: The Physician Work life Study, a nationally …

Background Despite major changes in health care, the prevalence and predictors of career
satisfaction have not recently been comprehensively studied in either women or men …

Background: Understanding the work habits, attitudes, and experiences of women
physicians is critical for optimal patient care. In a gendered work environment, obstacles …

Women make up a growing proportion of the physician workforce, and their career
satisfaction may affect their health. The authors hypothesized that many facets adversely …

Background: Women surgeons are becoming increasingly prevalent. Despite this, there
have been few studies of personal or professional characteristics of US surgeons of either …

Women in medicine have made progress since Elizabeth Blackwell: the first women to
receive her medical degree in the United States in 1849. Yet although women currently …

Despite approximately equal numbers of male and female medical school graduates,
women are entering academic medicine at a lower rate than their male colleagues. Of those …

In this newly revised, expanded and updated edition, the authors have provided a definitive
resource about and for women physicians. From statistical data regarding practicing women …

yielded mixed results. Although most female physicians indicate that they are generally
satisfied with their careers, certain factors that are unique to or that differentially affect female …