Changing Landscape of Academic Women's Health Care in the United States

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rayburn, William F. (Editor), Schulkin, Jay (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 48
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Public health.; Medical ethics.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Professional & Vocational Education.

Since 2005 a dozen states and more than 15 specialties have reported a physician shortage or anticipate one in the next few years. This anticipated shortage and a worsening of physician distribution are compounded by a projected increased demand for women’s healthcare services. Women’s healthcare is...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Medical Education 100 years after the Flexner Report
• Chapter 2: Preparing for Medical School and Residency Training Expansion
• Chapter 3: Changing Demographics of Women's Healthcare Faculty
• Chapter 4: Clinician Educators and Their Expanding Roles
• Chapter 5: Physician Investigators and Their Future
• Chapter 6: Part-time Faculty and Their Hidden Value
• Chapter 7: Trends in Faculty Salaries
• Chapter 8: Tenure and Its Many Meanings
• Chapter 9: Faculty Satisfaction and Retention.-Chapter 10: Developing Academic Leaders.