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ArticleCureus2024

Challenges in Medicine, Magnified by the Pandemic: A Dual Battle for Female Physicians.

Huma Farid, Amy Sullivan, Ajayi Ayodele, Annliz Macharia, Katharyn M Atkins

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Huma FaridObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Amy SullivanShapiro Center for Medical Education, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Ajayi AyodeleObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Annliz MachariaObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Katharyn M AtkinsObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe aimed to understand how the pandemic impacted work hours and employment status of female physicians.  Methods: An anonymous survey of female physicians was distributed through social media and email lists from 12/2021 to 2/2022. Primary outcomes were changes in physicians' work schedules and employment status. Analyses included descriptive statistics of closed-ended items and qualitative content analysis of open-ended responses.

resultsWe restricted our analysis to four specialties: obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, anesthesia, and pediatrics (n=626). The majority (92%) of respondents had caretaking responsibilities; 43% changed work schedules to accommodate those responsibilities. Around 17% of physicians changed jobs. The most common reasons for job changes included: negative work environment, lack of work-life balance, burden of work, and lack of efforts to mitigate COVID-19.  Conclusion: The pandemic highlighted the need for flexibility, improvements in workplace culture, and financial incentives to increase retention.

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healthcare workplace cultureinitial retention forcephysician wellbeingwork-life balanceworld pandemic

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PMID39006641
PMCPMC11246561

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