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Last week, I attended a press conference at the GMC which was a launch for its second annual report on the State of Medical Education and Practice. One of the claims made in the report was that the nu
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Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 25/9/2012 10:12 AM BST
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Last week, I attended a press conference at the GMC which was a launch for its second annual report on the State of Medical Education and Practice. One of the claims made in the report was that the number of female doctors would eclipse the number of male doctors between 2017-2022. Female doctors currently account for 43% of doctors registered in the UK. As a result, the GMC has said that employers will have to be more flexible in terms of working and training patterns, which would accomodate less than full-time training and working, career breaks, maternity or paternity leave, and that the service will need to be less of a 9 to 5 service as a result. The GMC also pointed out that working patterns influence career choices, with women currently under-represented in specialties such as cardiology, gastroenterology, anaesthetics, and surgical specialties. How do you think the health service will adjust to the changes in the make-up of the workforce? Will it need to be more flexible? Is it able to be? Is it possible for the working patterns of cardiology, gastroenterology, anaesthetics and surgery be made more flexible? |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 25/9/2012 1:45 PM BST
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The picture here in India does not differ. This might be due to the hard-working capabilities & sincerity of females, compared to the males, which is going to upgrade them to the 'top' allover the world. There is nothing to be worried about the pattern of healthcare services because I do feel that the women are fully competent to adjust for any responsible job. |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 26/9/2012 2:56 AM BST
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i feel that woman doctors are more sympathatic to patients & are equally or even more competant than men..In india this is a welcome change .women are capable of taking the resposibility of motherhood in addition to professional work. |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 27/9/2012 7:10 AM BST
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In Finland we have had more women than men in medicine since ten years . Not only women doctors but also young male ones prefer part-time job and flexibility, which is a challenge for managers, but thatś what they are paid for.... |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 27/9/2012 10:59 AM BST
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well I'm a female cardiologist who works part time so I guess anything is possible ! I did however train fulltime but given the proportion of women in medical school if specialties want to attract the best and brightest graduates they will have to adapt. I was extremely touched in my first year as a consultant to recieve a christmas card from one of my (female) juniors who said I had made her realise she had more choices than she thought! As a female in a fairly senior position I feel I have an obligation to push for my female trainees to get the best of everything! sadian |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 27/9/2012 3:32 PM BST
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Although women are of course perfectly capable of doing the work, it is nevertheless a fact that a profession slowly becomes unattractive to men as many women enter it, and men choose different carrers - or are they not? Salaries also tend to drop. As a woman, I feel that a mixed team works best. Unfortunately, most men only seem to tolerate a certain number of female colleagues before it all becomes too much for them, or am I wrong? |
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Re: Female doctors to overtake number of male doctors by 2017?
posted at 27/9/2012 4:08 PM BST
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I honestly do not see why it has to made such a fuss over... I dont see why people should make such a big deal over it or even care... If there are more women going into medicine then good for them. I think it is a fallacy to assume that that will cause problems because they may need maternity leave etc etc. Instead of focusing on the fact that more women are getting into medicine, what about the fact that there are less men...?? Would anyone like to comment on that? There are ALWAYS two sides to an aargument or story... |
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