What women want

It’s no secret that physicians these days are looking for jobs that will offer them the ability to balance work and life—such as the ability to raise a family and maintain a professional career.

That quest for balance may be attributable to the increased number of women physicians in the workforce. Or it could be that women in medicine gravitate to specialties that already accommodate flexibility, whether in daily schedules or amount of time in residency, or the ability to take a leave of absence and return without penalty. (more…)