Title |
Burnout in Female Faculty Members
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Published in |
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, September 2016
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DOI | 10.1177/2150131916669191 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Lisa Cassidy-Vu, Keli Beck, Justin B. Moore |
Abstract |
Despite approximately equal numbers of male and female medical school graduates, women are entering academic medicine at a lower rate than their male colleagues. Of those who do assume a faculty position, female faculty members report higher levels of burnout, often attributable to gender-specific difficulties in clinical expectations and maintenance of work-life balance. Many of these struggles are attributable to issues that are amenable to supportive policies, but these policies are inconsistent in their availability and practice. This commentary presents evidence for inconsistencies in the day-to-day experience of female faculty members, and proposes solutions for the mitigation of the challenges experienced more often by female faculty members with the goal of diversifying and strengthening academic medicine. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 29% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
Italy | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 43% |
Scientists | 3 | 43% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 30 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 19% |
Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
Researcher | 2 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 6% |
Other | 7 | 23% |
Unknown | 8 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 23% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 16% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
Other | 6 | 19% |
Unknown | 8 | 26% |