Women in the medical workplace

July 10, 2017
The Washington Post
I’m a young, female doctor. Calling me ‘sweetie’ won’t help me save your life.
By Faye Reiff-Pasarew
“Sweetheart, you’re too young to understand,” my patient — a man in his 60s, someone accustomed to commanding a room — barked at me from his hospital bed. Medical problems had recently upended his life, and he was having a hard time...
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May 13, 2017
Yamika Herald
Yakima Valley women contribute to boom in health care industry
By Molly Rosbach
This school year, women made up very nearly half of the roughly 28,000 students accepted to medical schools in the U.S., and about 46 percent of medical school graduates in 2016.
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May 11, 2017
Health Leaders Media
Large Gender Gap Seen in Physician Compensation
By John Commins
Male primary care physicians earn 17% percent more than females, while males in specialty care are paid 37% more than females in the same field, an MGMA survey finds.
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April 26, 2017
Stat News
A state-by-state breakdown of the striking gender gap in doctors’ pay
By Casey Ross
If you’re a doctor in Charlotte, N.C., you’re ideally situated to benefit from the highest pay in the health care business. There’s just one catch: If you want that big money, you can’t be a woman.
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March 14, 2017
The JAMA Network
Comparison of Male vs Female Resident Milestone Evaluations by Faculty During Emergency Medicine Residency Training
By Arjun Dayal, BS1; Daniel M. O’Connor, BA2; Usama Qadri, BA1; et al
Question How does gender affect the evaluation of emergency medicine residents throughout residency training?
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March 7, 2017
Philly.com
Study: Women in medical training may be targets of bias
By Rita Giordano
A national study of medical residents training to become emergency department doctors found that while men and women started on equal footing, by the end of their third and final year of training, the men on average scored higher than the women in...
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