Trends in female physicians entering high-compensation specialties

JAMA

2024-09-30

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This study found that female physicians were underrepresented among residents entering high-compensation specialties compared with non–high-compensation specialties. However, while high-compensation surgical specialties experienced a steady increase in the proportion of female applicants and matriculants over time, high-compensation nonsurgical specialties experienced an overall decrease in the proportion of female applicants and no significant changes in the proportion of female matriculants.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Karina Pereira-Lima, PhD, MSc, email pereiral@med.umich.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2024.17516)

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