RE: women in medicine
here's another pair of articles that's relevant to the discussion:
Head to Head, Are there too many female medical graduates? Yes
<http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7647/749>Head to Head, Are
there too many female medical graduates? No
An article published in the April 5 issue of the British Medical
Journal (BMJ) featured a provocative (to say the least) "Head to
Head" feature on the question, "Are there too many female medical
graduates?" According to accompanying text in the journal, at some UK
schools more than 65 percent of the medical school matriculants are
female. Brian McKinstry contends that "Too many female graduates are
bad for medicine, just as too many male ones have been in the past."
He argues that "The case for this is simply on grounds of equal
opportunity. But there are also strong economic and workforce
planning reasons." Jane Dacre argues that the focus should be on
"...ensuring equality of opportunity in medicine, rather than
worrying about having too many women." She argues, "Both men and
women make first rate doctors. They should be encouraged into the
profession, but in order to welcome women to the more senior
positions, it is worth paying attention to the institutional barriers
that prevent their progression into leadership positions."
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47 hours per week work!! Now that would be delightful.
Beth Piraino, MD
Professor of Medicine
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[mailto:womeninmedicine-bounces at list.pitt.edu] On Behalf Of Weisz, Ora
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Carol Feghali-Bostwick in Pulmonary sent me this article about women
doctors being blamed for the 'shortage of doctors' because they work
fewer hours a week.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081104183847.htm?ch
an=t
op+news_top+news+index_lifestyle
The article is attached as a pdf in case you can't open the link.
Also, I do want to mention that Carol was very recently selected to
receive the second annual Carol Bausbaum award given by the ATS
Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly.This award has
been created to honor a junior faculty member who has (1) demonstrated
excellence in research present in abstracts submitted to the RCMB, (2)
has a record of research that is supportive of the mission of the
RCMB--to promote the study of the scientific basis of lung disease, and
(3) promotes those ideas that were in the spirit of Carol Basbaum's
work--enthusiasm, a dedication to mentoring, and high quality research
in the pursuit of mechanisms of lung disease. So congratulations, Carol-
well done! And I hope that other listserv subscribers will use this
forum to share other awards to or notable achievements by women faculty
in our department so we can toot each others' horns!
Ora
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