Sentences with phrase «future women physician»

Women should strive to be responsible advocates of equality, both for themselves and for future women physician - scientists.

Not exact matches

I know that as a family physician, I just didn't want women thinking that «if I ask to get my insulin level tested, I should worry about future milk production if I have a low level» when it would be a high level that would indicate insulin resistance and possible pre-diabetes (and in the original article, also potential lower milk production).

Dr. Fisher believes that dispassionate, rigorous study of birth across all settings is more important than ever given disparities in women's access to trained and licensed care providers, current and future physician workforce issues, rising costs of health care, and unacceptably high rates of adverse outcomes for mothers and infants in the U.S. compared to other industrialized countries.

Perhaps the most important step for the future is to establish accountability when it comes to issues of recruitment and retention of women in the physician - scientist work force: Identify shortcomings, set new goals, and develop solutions to meet them as quickly as possible.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.