A Woman Physician-Researcher's Work Is Never Done
Authors: Molly Cooke, Christine Laine
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Editorials4 March 2014A Woman Physician-Researcher's Work Is Never DoneMolly Cooke, MD and Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in ChiefMolly Cooke, MDFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author and Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in ChiefFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-0218 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In this issue, Jolly and colleagues (1) report the results of a recent survey of physicians who received National Institutes of Health K08 or K23 awards between 2006 and 2009 and had an active academic affiliation at the time of the survey. They found that among these persons with a strong commitment to academic medicine, there were marked gender differences in the time devoted to domestic activities among those with children. The authors worry that the medical profession may be particularly resistant to policies and cultural changes necessary to ensure the success of women. As women in academic medicine who ...References1. Jolly S, Griffith KA, DeCastro R, Stewart A, Ubel P, Jagsi R. Gender differences in time spent on parenting and domestic responsibilities by high-achieving young physician-researchers. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:344-53. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Jagsi R, Motomura AR, Griffith KA, Rangarajan S, Ubel PA. Sex differences in attainment of independent funding by career development awardees. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:804-11. [PMID: 19949146] LinkGoogle Scholar3. Jagsi R, Guancial EA, Worobey CC, Henault LE, Chang Y, Starr R, et al. The “gender gap” in authorship of academic medical literature—a 35-year perspective. 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Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-0218.Corresponding Author: Molly Cooke, MD, University of California, San Francisco Global Health Sciences, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94143; e-mail, [email protected]ucsf.edu.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Cooke: University of California, San Francisco Global Health Sciences, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94143.Dr. Laine: American College of Physicians, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoGender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities by High-Achieving Young Physician-Researchers Shruti Jolly , Kent A. Griffith , Rochelle DeCastro , Abigail Stewart , Peter Ubel , and Reshma Jagsi Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities by High-Achieving Young Physician-Researchers Shruti Jolly , Kent A. 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Choo, MD, MPH 4 March 2014Volume 160, Issue 5Page: 359-360KeywordsAcademic medicineChildrenConflicts of interestExerciseGlobal healthHealth surveysMultivariate analysisSexual identitySleepSocial welfare ePublished: 4 March 2014 Issue Published: 4 March 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...