Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment/Volume 3/Issue 2/April-June 2020 supported me
like angels and I will be ever indebted to them for their help. One of my female professors …

In the past few decades, more and more women have entered the fields of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics, and the sight of a female physician in a hospital …

* ACTREC stands for The Advanced Center for Treatment, Research and Education in
Cancer. The ACTREC posting is a part of our training as a medical oncologist at TMH …

A survey among members of the Association of Women Surgeons aimed at assessing the
parenthood experience during surgical training [6] found that 78% of the women received …

I tried to hide my motherhood. I knew that a medical student wasn, t supposed to have any
competing responsibilities outside of medicine, whether it was dinner, laundry, or a friend, s …

E1460 CMAJ| SEPTEMBER 20, 2021| VOLUME 193| ISSUE 37 her, for Diego and for their
future. I explained that she would be living with a disease for which the goals of treatment …

With time, the rigors of constant work and no social life started to make sense. Seeing
patients leaving their homes, their families, and their work and traveling almost 2000 km for …

Purpose Medical training spans nearly a decade, during which many physicians traditionally
begin families. Although childrearing responsibilities are shared by men and women in the …

Ihave left four academic gynecologic oncology practices in my 13 years as an attending.
Leaving has never been a result of a patient care error. In some instances, leaving resulted …

Iwas in my final year of residency, interviewing for jobs just like many other residents across
the country, when I received a phone call from my top choice of employer inviting me to …