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More women are currently entering medicine and more women select pediatrics as their specialty than any other branch of medicine. Some have expressed a concern that women do not devote as much time to practice as their male counterparts and thus the total number of pediatricians may not accurately reflect the actual number in practice. A survey of male and female graduates during the years 1956-1970 was conducted and compared with data from a similar survey of graduates from the period 1943-1956. Some of the results were:
Although results indicate that women still spend less time in the practice of medicine than their male counterparts and interrupt their careers more frequently, our results indicate that women are devoting more time than previously and the number of women entering residency and post-residency training has increased. Women are also entering a greater variety of medical specialties and are being better paid for their time. The “sexual gap” is narrowing.
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Patterson, E., Gillette, M. & Oski, F. GENDER AND MEDICAL CAREERS. Pediatr Res 11, 381 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00070
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