Practice Management News

Work hard, play hard. Physicians, young and old, enjoy time off and vacationing.

Several ACP leaders have outlined 10 actions that health care employers can take to ensure the safety and wellbeing of clinicians during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proper social media etiquette and engagement during academic conferences can broaden one’s network and lead to opportunities and collaborations, according to a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit.

A recent survey showed that 76% of U.S. adults take at least one supplement, and 29% said they are taking more supplements today than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians who want to advocate for specific causes need to look before they leap into these roles, speakers at the virtual Women in Medicine Summit said.

Male physicians have a greater net worth than female physicians on average, according to a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Third-year female medical students reported decreased confidence in speaking up about medical errors compared with their male counterparts, according to a presentation at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Among health care workers, women experienced greater work-family and family-work conflicts than men during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data presented at the virtual Women in Medicine Summit.

An organization is helping physicians fight online harassment and false information regarding COVID-19, a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit said.

Men accounted for a substantially larger proportion of verified physician Twitter accounts and had more than three times as many followers as women with verified physician accounts, according to recent data.