Gender Equity and Career Advancement: Implications for Hospice and Palliative Medicine (TH352)

Over the last 25 years, the proportion of physicians who are women has doubled from 17% to 36%. Furthermore, 46% of physicians in training and over half of U.S. medical students are women. While this significant increase in gender diversity has rapidly changed what the physician work force “looks like”, there is a significant and persistent gap in the experience of female physicians. Compared to their male counterparts, studies show that female physicians are paid less across specialties and are disproportionately underrepresented in leadership positons despite their increasing re presentation in the physician workforce.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 23, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kimberly S. Johnson, Sean O ’Mahony, Helen Chen, Susan Hingle, Darilyn Moyer Source Type: research