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ArticleBMC health services research2024

The impact of the pandemic on female physicians: "I just don't think I will ever feel the same".

Huma Farid, Elizabeth Gagliardi, Kathryn M Atkins

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Article in BMC health services research, 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

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Year I Lost Joy in Medicine.Annals of family medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Huma FaridObstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. hfarid@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Elizabeth GagliardiObstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Kathryn M AtkinsObstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.

Funding

The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR002541 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2018 to 2022
$93.0M
Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health Award UL1 TR002541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTheCOVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected female physicians, exacerbating existing gender disparities both at home and in the workplace. We aimed to understand how the effects of the pandemic continued to impact female physicians.

methodsWe conducted a qualitative study of 24 female physicians through focus groups consisting of 4 to 6 participants. Focus group transcripts were coded deductively.

resultsKey themes were identified, including lack of wellbeing, unsafe working conditions, increased work burden, lack of childcare, and the critical role of flexibility in scheduling. Lack of wellbeing, increased work burden, and the need for flexibility had persisted years after the pandemic.

conclusionsThe findings emphasize the need for institutional support to address these challenges and retain a robust, diverse workforce in medicine.

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COVID-19Focus GroupsPhysicians, WomenQualitative ResearchAdultFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPandemicsSARS-CoV-2WorkplacePandemicPhysician retentionPhysician wellbeingWork-life balance

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PMID39604944
PMCPMC11600584

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