{"id":2171,"date":"2022-01-26T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dz3x5tw8ej.wpdns.site\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:50:54","slug":"metoo-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/metoo-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Metoo Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationexcellence.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/the-medical-matriarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women make up more than 50% of medical school students.&nbsp;<\/a>Yet, only slightly more than 30% of the US physician workforce are women.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4235590\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">That differs from other countries.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C4E12AQG1YziOVOJ4kw\/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488\/0\/1548510991275?e=1648684800&amp;v=beta&amp;t=dLvJh6zeq1mjfkIaY7LlsWRo-mA06OjIM-GaUvfxLxo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With looming&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-care\/patient-advice\/articles\/2018-05-02\/what-can-be-done-about-the-coming-shortage-of-specialist-doctors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">physician shortages<\/a>&nbsp;across the U.S., it makes sense to address extra career barriers common to women physicians.<a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-care\/articles\/2018-05-11\/women-physicians-face-extra-challenges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Equal pay, respectful treatment, greater visibility and meaningful support for family responsibilities could go a long way to help.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the barriers to female physicians translates into disparate outcomes for female patients. The issues are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/14\/news\/economy\/gender-pay-gap-doctors\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equal pay<\/a>. Here&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2019\/01\/research-gender-pay-gaps-shrink-when-companies-are-required-to-disclose-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how to close the gender pay gap.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(18)31502-2\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abuse and assault<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.aamc.org\/medical-education\/article\/making-case-parental-leave-during-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childcare and family issues<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drpoorman.org\/my-writing\/2018\/1\/14\/the-many-glass-ceilings-of-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The glass ceiling<\/a><\/li><li>Women have long faced historical and socio-demographic barriers to receiving and accessing care, with studies showing that women are less likely to have their symptoms taken serious or be given an accurate diagnosis.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/endpoints.elysiumhealth.com\/why-women-are-underrepresented-in-clinical-trials-398c9e0735a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">They are also under represented in clinical research trials.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2145142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Differing practice patterns between male and female physicians<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentdoctor.net\/2018\/04\/03\/the-physician-gender-bias-what-every-female-doctor-has-faced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bias and discrimination<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaleconomics.com\/medical-economics-blog\/marriage-children-cause-more-burnout-female-physicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family and maternity leave policies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/806779-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burn out , depression and suicide<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/residents-students\/specialty-profiles\/these-medical-specialties-have-biggest-gender-imbalances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lack of gender diversity in many specialties<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/footnote.co\/women-entrepreneurs-raising-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women physician entrepreneurs have a harder time finding money<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/heart-attack\/symptoms\/women-survive-heart-attacks-better-when-treated-female-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women&#8217;s health innovation benefits from a female perspective. Most healthcare decisions are made by women.<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Filling these gaps starts with changing the mindset and culture of medical education and training, the business model of medical practice and corporate human resources practices and benefits.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/case-diversity-old-white-guy-perspective-arlen-meyers-md-mba\/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3B511kSg7NS%2BK%2B9gkYyiJpGw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here&#8217;s the case from the old white guy perspective.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/gobalminded-meets-sick-care-arlen-meyers-md-mba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It&#8217;s not just the equitable thing to do. It&#8217;s good for business too.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the<a href=\"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Society of Physician Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women make up more than 50% of medical school students.&nbsp;Yet, only slightly more than 30% of the US physician workforce are women.&nbsp;That differs from other countries. With looming&nbsp;physician shortages&nbsp;across the U.S., it makes sense to address extra career barriers common to women physicians.&nbsp;Equal pay, respectful treatment, greater visibility and meaningful support for family responsibilities could&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/metoo-medicine\/\" title=\"Read #Metoo Medicine\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sopenet.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}