Women Physicians

Compared with men, women physicians in ambulatory services devoted more of their time to work on electronic health records during and after work hours, according to study results published in JAMA Open Network.

Female primary care physicians earn about 21% less than their male counterparts, although the gender wage gap differs based on compensation models, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Despite comprising 67% of the health and care workforce, women earn about 20% less than their male counterparts, according to a joint report by the International Labor Organization and WHO.

Research published this year has shown that female physicians earn less money, experience more career obstacles and report more harassment than male physicians.

Similar to preparing for a marathon, women physicians should have a training plan for progressing in their career and know where they want to go and how to get there, according to a presenter 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.

The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest example of how female leaders can thrive over their male counterparts in crisis situations, a keynote speaker at the virtual Women in Medicine Summit said.

Representation of women among full-time tenure-line faculty members decreases with progression in rank, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, said in a keynote presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

It is not for a lack of numbers of women in the workforce that accounts for the substantial leadership gap between men and women.

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has welcomed more women into leadership roles for 2021-2022, according to a press release.