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Academic medicine faculty perceptions of work-life balance before, since pandemic

2021-06-15
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: In this survey of 1,186 medical, graduate and health professional school faculty, more faculty considered leaving since the COVID-19 pandemic than before. Faculty with children, particularly female faculty with children, were more likely to consider leaving since the pandemic.

Authors: Susan A. Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S., of the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.13539)

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