WSJ on the increasing diversity of medical students:
In the past 15 years, U.S. medicine has seen a huge influx of first- and second-generation immigrants. It follows and augments a different demographic trend that began 30 years ago with the acceptance of increasing numbers of women into medical schools. As a result of that earlier revolutionary change, half of new practitioners today are women.
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“half of new practitioners today are women”
How many of these new women MDs eventually leave medicine for another career?
Interesting comment koko. Many of the women in my medical school class have told me they want to get into a specialty that is family friendly so they can work part time while raising the kids.
Being a mom during residency seems like it would be tough.
Regarding women MD’s leaving for other careers, I have known several but I don’t it terribly disproportionate. Most of the MD administrators are men.
Women MD’s do however work considerably fewer hours on average–enough to change how one translates total physician numbers into clinical availability. Also, as an aside, women physicians have considerable higher suicide rates than non-physician women–more of an elevation than male MD’s.
Being a Mom during residency is not tough. It is impossible. One will be a resident (perhaps one that bears children that someone else nurtures), or one will be a Mom, or one will go insane.
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