Women in medicine careers and family Mari Egan

Women in medicine: careers and family Mari Egan, MD, MHPE Catherine Plonka, MD Kate Rowland, MD, MS

Disclosures • Nothing to disclose

On completion of this session, the participants should be able to: • Discuss the opportunities and challenges some women encounter while progressing through careers in family medicine • Describe several models for careers in family medicine that include academics, practice, and family • Explain strategies for making choices regarding career and family options in training, early and midcareer

Graduates of US medical schools

Members of the American Academy of Family Physicians

What women want • Career satisfaction • Fulfilling personal life

Challenges and opportunities for women • Career satisfaction – Lower for women than it is for men – Lower for women with children than it is for women without children • Fulfilling personal life – Women are more likely to have depression than men

Introducing our panel • Mari Egan, MD, MHPE • Catherine Plonka, MD • Kate Rowland, MD, MS

The panel is open • Panelists will give a brief introduction and description of their careers (so far) • Then we’ll open it up to you. • All questions are welcome– ask what you want to know. We will let you know if something is too personal to answer in this setting.

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