Despite the fact that women now comprise half of the medical student and resident
populations, women remain underrepresented in prominent leadership positions in …

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 …

Similarities and differences prior to, during, and after medical school between 3,541 men
and 1,121 woman graduates of Jefferson Medical College were investigated. Gender …

BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, interest in general surgery careers has declined and
the number of female medical school graduates has increased. This study was performed to …

There is a scarcity of research that addresses the sex difference of health concerns among
physicians. There has apparently been no research addressing the health problems of …

Significant salary differences between male and female PAs have been noted. Several
variables--hours worked per week, weeks worked per year, number of patients seen per …

Purpose: Specialty, work effort, and gender have been shown to be associated with
physicians' annual incomes. We hypothesized that provider race might also be associated …

PURPOSE: To help encourage women physicians to enter academe, the authors gathered
information about how academic and non-academic women physicians (AWPs and NAWPs) …

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

Background: Women comprise increasing proportions of medical school graduates. They
tend to choose primary care but are less likely than men to choose rural practice. Methods …