Background: The objective of this study was to explore physician and practice characteristics
according to sex. Method: All graduates of a southeastern state's family practice residency …

A survey of 310 graduates of eight university-affiliated family medicine residencies in the
northwestern United States conducted in 1985 revealed several significant differences …

The purpose of this study was to examine differences in work patterns and practice
characteristics of male and female physicians using data from the American Medical …

The purpose of this research was to investigate gender-related differences among medical
school faculty in a variety of areas such as information technology, medical malpractice …

PURPOSE. To obtain information from a group of young physicians and compare men and
women on their evaluations of selected areas of the medical school curriculum, their …

Physician gender can affect the numbers of future rural health care providers since female
physicians are less likely to enter rural practice, but the proportion of female US medical …

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 …

Abstract The Women Physicians' Health Study is a nationally distributed mailed
questionnaire survey of a random sample of 4501 female physicians. We examined …

During the 1970s, more and more women chose medicine as a profession. In 1970-1971,
only 9.2 percent of all US medical graduates were women. Ten years later, the percentage …

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 …