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Home Research Research Library The Gender Penalty: Reasons for Differences in Reported Weekly Work Hours Among Male and Female Family Physicians The Gender Penalty: Reasons for Differences in Reported Weekly Work Hours Among Male and Female Family Physicians 2020 Author(s) Hart, Kathryn M Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, Continuing Certification Questionnaires, Practice Organization / Ownership, and Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction) Volume 33(5):650-652 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The JABFM policy brief by Wilkensen et al1 highlights gender differences in work hours between male and female family physicians, with men reporting significantly more hours of total and direct patient care across age groups. This comes as no surprise to me as a female family physician with 3 young children who has shifted to part-time clinical work in no small part due to the competing demands of work and family. Many of my female medical school and residency classmates have followed similar paths. Some have left patient care altogether for administrative, research, or government positions, while others have transitioned to part-time clinical jobs. Traditional gender roles are still very much at play. The “invisible work” of raising children often falls on mothers, regardless of employment status. This begins with breastfeeding (and the natural carry-over to the intensive caregiving responsibilities of infancy) and evolves into scheduling doctor’s appointments, completing school forms, coordinating activities, and arranging childcare, among thousands of other small tasks that cumulatively take up hours over the course of the week. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) 2015 Envisioning a New Health Care System for America Go to Envisioning a New Health Care System for America 2012 Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025 Go to Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025
Author(s) Hart, Kathryn M Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, Continuing Certification Questionnaires, Practice Organization / Ownership, and Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction) Volume 33(5):650-652 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) 2015 Envisioning a New Health Care System for America Go to Envisioning a New Health Care System for America 2012 Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025 Go to Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025
2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
2013 Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) Go to Factors influencing family physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)
2015 Envisioning a New Health Care System for America Go to Envisioning a New Health Care System for America
2012 Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025 Go to Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025