Mothers in Medicine Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chretien, Katherine (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Internal medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Medical education.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Medical Education.

Women are entering medical school in equal numbers as men, yet still face unique challenges in a profession where, overall, male physicians outnumber female physicians 3 to 1. Women in medicine also face decisions such as when to have a child during training and often struggle with work-life balance...

Table of Contents:

• Choosing Motherhood and Medicine: The First Questions
• Having and Raising Children During Physician Training: Medical School
• Having and Raising Children During Physician Training: Residency
• Being a Mother in Medicine in Practice
• Choosing Where and How to Work
• Balancing Work and Life
• Sharing the Humor in Being a Mother in Medicine
• Embracing the Mother in Medicine's Village of Support
• Navigating Life Challenges as a Mother in Medicine
• Negotiating for the Job You Want
• Question and Answer: The Collective Wisdom of Mothers in Medicine.